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Geisha Kikuya Painting

J Roldan

United Kingdom

Painting, Enamel on Canvas

Size: 53 W x 59 H x 0.1 D in

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ABOUT THE ARTWORK

The very first named female geisha, recorded at Fukagawa in the 1740’s. She was reputed to be “good at playing the shamisen and singing.” Given the career path of other young women of her day, she probably started work as an odoriko, a dancing girl, in her early teens, and transitioned to being a geisha when she turned 16 or 17 and could no longer wear the long hanging sleeves that were essential to odoriko. Like many another odoriko, she may have engaged in prostitution on the side. Her name was spelled 菊弥, or “chrysanthemum + more and more.”

DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS
Painting:

Enamel on Canvas

Original:

One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

53 W x 59 H x 0.1 D in

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J Roldan

J Roldan

United Kingdom

JRoldan was born in Colombia, grew up in the US, currnetly living and working in the Uk

ROLDAN HAS A DISTINCTIVE STYLE OF PAINTING THAT COMBINES LOOSE, EXPRESSIVE MARKS WITH PASSAGES OF GRAFFITI-LIKE WRITING.

SCRIBBLES AND SPATTERS FROM BRUSH, FROM FINGERS, AND FROM PENCILS BUILD UP A SENSE OF FEVERISH ENERGY AND PHYSICAL ENGAGEMENT.

ALTHOUGH BORN IN COLOMBIA, J.ROLDAN HAS LIVED IN THE UK SINCE THE 1980s, HIS WORK RELATES BOTH AMERICAN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM AND FORMS OF GESTURAL ABSTRACTION THAT DEVELOPED IN EUROPE AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR. AT THE SAME TIME, HE RECALLS THE EARLIER LANDSCAPE TRADITIONS OF TURNER AND MONET.

THE PAINTINGS BRING TOGETHER J.ROLDAN'S LOVE OF POETRY, A FASCINATION FOR CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY AND AN ABSORPTION IN THE LANDSCAPE AND LIGHT. FRAGMENTS OF POETRY SCRAWLED ONTO THE CANVAS REFER TO THE TRANSIENCE OF HUMAN EXISTENCE, AND EVOKE THE SCATTERED REMNANTS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS.

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Handpicked to show at The Other Art Fair presented by Saatchi Art in London, London

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