A SCULPTURE OF WOMAN TITLED "STATUE OF GODDESS" BY KOBAYASHI SHOMIN SIGNED: SHOMIN

JAPAN

ALUMINIUM SCULPTURE TO INCLUDE ORIGINAL BOX KOBAYASHI SHOMIN (1912 - 1994) KOBAYASHI STARTED METAL WORKING AT A YOUNG AGE IN KYOTO UNDER KUROI KOMIN. BOTH MEN CAME ORIGINALLY FROM AOMORI. HE RECEIVED THE LAST CHARACTER OF HIS NAME "MIN" FROM HIS TEACHER. HE WAS ACCEPTED AT THE NITTEN IN 1940 WHERE HIS WORK WAS BOUGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME BY THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. THEREAFTER HE EXHIBITED AT THIS SHOW EVERY YEAR WINNING TWO MAJOR PRIZES IN 1953 AND 63. HE WAS A JUDGE AT THIS EXHIBITION IN 1940 AND SERVED IN THE SAME ROLE FOR OTHER PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS ORGANIZED BY SHIGA PREFECTURE, KYOTO PREFECTURE, KYOTO CITY AND OTSU CITY. IN 1977 KOBAYASHI HELD A JOINT EXHIBITION IN AOMORI WITH HIS THREE SONS, WHO SHOW THEIR ARTISTIC TALENTS IN THREE DIFFERENT FIELDS: CAST METALWORK, POTTERY AND TEXTILE DYEING. UTILIZING THE UNCONVENTIONAL MEDIUM OF ALUMINUM, KOBAYASHI CREATED ORIGINAL WORKS INLAID WITH COPPER AND BRASS WIRE MESH.

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