Fossil
（Kaseki 化石）
(2015)
- Gallery location
- Level 1, NGV International
About this work
Yonezawa Jiro gained his bamboo-crafting skills from senior bamboo artists in his home prefecture of Oita. During his thirties and forties he established a career as a bamboo artist in the US city of Portland, Oregon, before moving back to Oita in 2000. Yonezawa currently works in a studio surrounded by bamboo forests and abundant nature, and his works appear organic in shape and derived from nature rather than man-made.
Artwork Details
Purchased with funds donated by Baillieu Myer AC and Sarah Myer, 2015
© Jiro Yonezawa
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