Sharjah Art Museum
Part 4 of the photo tour of Sharjah Biennial 12, 5 March - 5 June 2015. Curator: Eungie Joo; Associate Curator: Ryan Inouye. 51 artists and groups.
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Venue: Sharjah Art Museum
Study of Karesansui. 2013-14
Ink on paper
108 drawings, 44 x 61 cm each
The work of Taro Shinoda often explores humans’ relationship to nature, science and engineering. Formally trained in traditional Japanese gardening from a young age, Shinoda has always considered the ascetic philosophy of karesansui (dry landscape garden), with its unique roots in abstraction and nature, an inspiration for his art. Preserved and passed down for more than five hundred years, karesansui depicts nature through the selection and placement of rocks, trees, moss, gravel and sand, mediated through the passage of time. In 2013–14, Shinoda made one hundred and eight landscape drawings in as many days to study the true essence of the garden. These drawings are on view in the Sharjah Art Museum.
See also his works at
Bait Abdul Raheem Jasim
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
© Text: SB12 Guidebook
Part 4 of the photo tour of Sharjah Biennial 12, 5 March - 5 June 2015. Curator: Eungie Joo; Associate Curator: Ryan Inouye. 51 artists and groups.