"The Beast Known as Kotobuki - Rabbit -"
Limited edition: 80
Dimension of picture: 23.0×23.0cm
Dimension of frame: 39.8 ×39.8 ㎝
Specification of frame: Approx. 2.0kg, wood, acrylic resin
Type of print: Woodcut print
Paper used: Echizen kizuki hosho washi
(produced by living national treasure Ichibei Iwano)
Date of publication: December 2022
Supervision: The Adachi Foundation for the Preservation of Woodcut Printing
Production: The Adachi Institute of Woodcut Prints
Delivery: Delivery will begin from around 23rd December, 2022.
"The Beast Known as Kotobuki - Rabbit -"
This piece was inspired by “A Beast called Kotobuki” by Shigemitsu Enrousai, an ukiyo-e artist of the late Edo Period. The auspicious creature that embodies the characteristics of all the animals of the Eastern zodiac has been painted by Enrousai and other ukiyo-e artists. As a motif, it resonates with the theme of “reverence, life and death, the cyclical nature of life” that feebee has expressed through her work. Various elements are entwined with one another as they rise and fall in a continuous cycle. The 12 animals of the zodiac also revolve, one animal taking center stage each year to create the calendar. This work is created for the Year of the Rabbit and features a creature with a Rabbit's head and the other 11 animals, awaiting their turn, masterfully incorporated into its body.
*The series of "The Beast Known as Kotobuki" will be completed with 12 animals. The fourth animal, "Rabbit" is released for 2023 coming after "Tiger" for 2022, "Ox" for 2021 and "Rat" for 2020.
feebee / Artist イラストレーターとしてのキャリアを経て、2015年からアーティスト活動を開始し、国内外で展覧会を行っている。 近年はタブローの発表の他、アートトイのキャラクターデザイン、木版画「寿という獣」シリーズ作品の制作なども手掛けている。
2023 ”ART BUSAN 2023” Busan Exhibition and Convention Center / Busan 2023 ”Crossing”Lorin Gallery / LA 2022 ”ART OSAKA 2022” Osaka City Central Public Hall / Osaka 2022 ”Bitten from Within” roid works gallery / Tokyo 2022 Shigeki Matsuyama × feebee "ubiquitous" roid works gallery / Tokyo 2022 “Post Imagine" Gallery ASTER / Kanazawa etc.