Hiroshi Fuji Essay

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Hiroshi Fuji was born 1960, in Kagoshima, Japan. After devoting himself to drama during his time at Kyoto City University, he inclined towards creative expression ‘which takes the local community as its stage’ and went on to found the Kyoto Intelligence Company. (From http://www.3331.jp/schedule/en/001589.html) After graduating from the master course of the same university, Hiroshi joined the JICA (Japan International Cooperation Association) in 1986 and travelled to Papua New Guinea, where he lived for nearly 2 years. While there he lectured at the Papua New Guinea National Art School and experienced various changes in his sense of values that became a driving force in his art activities. One of his art changing experiences was when he saw a small, feeble, shabby looking dog stand up against a wild hog during a ceremony. Seeing the dogs transformation both shocked and impressed him. This caused him to create his artistic concept as “ways of transforming existences (thoughts) that are not valued by society and turn them into special existences.”(From http://www.azito-art.com/hiroshi-fuji/) In 1992 he established the Fuji Hiroshi Design and Production Room. Since 2012 he has become the vice-director of Towada Art Center. Major exhibitions of his include 2010 "Setouchi International Art Festival" (Kagawa), 2008 "SITE Santa Fe Biennale" (SITE Santa Fe, USA), 2006 "12th Bangladesh Biennale" (Osmania Memorial Hall, Dacca, Bangladesh), and 2005 Solo Exhibition "Arts over Doubts!" (Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka). He has continued his creative work with "local resources, appropriate technology, and collaborative relationships (expression through materials acquired on the spot, using methods suitable for the place, with people present at the time)" for community-based art projects. (Fromhttp://www.azito-art.com/hiroshi-fuji/) Analysis of Artworks by Hiroshi Fuji Size:

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