"Newspaper" by Yoshimura Yoshio

We would like to introduce Yoshimura Yoshio, the author of "Newspaper," which is currently on display in the "Miyatake Yutaka Professor My Collection Exhibition" at our main store.

Yoshimura Yoshio (1950-2013)

His works were created with incredible descriptive power, shocking the contemporary art world with their detailed pencil drawings.

Yoshimura Yoshio

Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture in 1950, he graduated from Yamaguchi College of Arts and then worked for an advertising agency. After leaving the company, he studied printmaking at Sokei Art School in 1976.

He moved his base of operations to Yamaguchi, where he is active. Some of his representative works include "Drawing Newspaper," in which he copied newspaper spreads, and the "Newspaper and Self-Portrait" series, in which he painted self-portraits on top of newspaper copies he had made himself.

The work on display in this exhibition is "Drawing Newspaper," a perfect copy of one of his signature newspaper spreads.

It looks like a real English newspaper, and only when you look closely do you realize it was hand-drawn. Not only the text, but also the diagrams and photos are hand-drawn.

His painstakingly accurate depiction of the subject gives the impression of the artist's obsession and even a hint of madness.

You can rent or purchase it at Reino Art Kashie Kau. ⇒Purchase page here

You can rent them from Kashie Kau for 6,600 yen for two months, allowing you to easily display works by famous artists. They come with a frame so you can hang them on the wall right away.

I would like you to take the time to look at the works up close.

This year, Yoshimura Yoshio's work will be exhibited at the Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum.

Yoshimura Yoshio Exhibition: Pencil Drawings of Superb Craftsmanship

The exhibition will be held from Friday, March 22, 2024 to Sunday, May 12, 2024.

You can see approximately 500 surprising and moving works, ranging from his early black-and-white works to the vivid flowers of his later years.