Kintsugi 2020
Kintsugi 2020: A series inspired by the great Japanese art of Kintsugi as well as the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the pieces with gold. Gives broken objects new life and teaches that a break can be lived as a unique event, a precious experience.
Inspired by this unique concept and the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020, I created a series of digital mosaic artworks.
(This is a self-initiated project honoring culture, heritage, and values. Not commissioned or related in any way to the official Tokyo 2020 organization.
The world breaks everyone, then some become strong at the broken places.
— Ernest Hemingway
“Poetry moves heaven and earth.”
— Japanese proverb
Digital, 16200 x 20000 pixels
You can purchase a limited edition art print here: https://shop.tsevis.com/product/kintsugi-gymnastics
“If you do not enter the tiger’s cave, you will not catch its cub.”
— Japanese proverb
Digital, 16200 x 20000 pixels
You can purchase a limited edition art print here: https://shop.tsevis.com/product/kintsugi-soccer
“Fall down seven times, stand up eight.”
— Japanese proverb
Digital, 16200 x 20000 pixels
You can purchase a limited edition art print here: https://shop.tsevis.com/product/kintsugi-running-athlete
“If you do not enter the tiger's cave, you will not catch its cub.”
— Japanese proverb
Digital, 16200 x 20000 pixels
You can purchase a limited edition art print here: https://shop.tsevis.com/product/kintsugi-running-athlete
“Tokyo was an origami city folded over and over until something was made of virtually nothing.”
— Christopher Barzak,
Digital, 20000 x 16200 pixels
“The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.”
— Pierre de Coubertin
Digital, 20000 x 16200 pixels
Standout mosaic details worth a closer look:
“Την μεν ζωγραφίαν ποίησιν σιωπώσαν προσαγορεύει, την δε ποίησιν ζωγραφίαν λαλούσαν.”
— Σιμωνίδης ο Κείος (Πλούταρχος)
EN translation:
“Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.”
— Simonidis Keios (Plutarch)
