Tsunehisa Kimura

Tsunehisa Kimura
Born1928
Died2008
NationalityJapanese
Notable workVisual Scandals
StylePhotomontage, Surrealism, Pop Art

Tsunehisa Kimura (木村恒久, Kimura Tsunehisa; 1928–2008) was a Japanese artist influential in graphic design.[1]

Style

Kimura's photomontage imagine a surreal world of ongoing apocalypse and often showcase the encroachment of nature and natural phenomenon on man-made structures and the urban built environment.[2]

His most famous ‘Visual Scandals’ series was published in book form by Parco, Tokyo in 1979.[3][4]

Kimura provided the cover artwork to Midnight Oil's 1984 album Red Sails in the Sunset. Additionally, altered versions of his work Toshi Wa Sawayakana Asa Wo Mukaeru were used for the cover art of Climax Blues Band's 1980 album Flying the Flag, Cut Copy's 2011 album Zonoscope, and Blu's 2013 album York. Cut Copy would eventually go on to win the Artisan Award for Best Cover Art at the ARIA Music Awards of 2011.

Design commentators have drawn attention to similarities between Kimura's work and the CGI envisioning of the Tom Cruise film Oblivion, particularly in the design of promotional material.[5]

References

  1. ^ "ヴァニラで木村恒久のグラフィック展、柏木博のトークも". 銀座新聞ニュース. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  2. ^ "Tsunehisa Kimura". Imprint Lab. 7 November 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Kimura camera : Tsunehisa Kimura's visual scandals by photomontage". artecontemporanea.com (in Italian). Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  4. ^ Tsunehisa Kimura. Retrieved 12 January 2020 – via www.amazon.com.
  5. ^ "Tsunehisa Kimura – Jean Snow [.net]". Retrieved 12 January 2020.


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