Perspectives - Polaroids 82-84 1986 | ||
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| Holger, Berlin 83 | Yuka with shadow. Nanzenji, Kyoto. Dec 83 | Angus McBean, West Wycombe 84 |
 | Like many other artists, Sylvian's interests are not limited to one form of self-expression. He has drawn and painted.since he was a child, and between 1981 and 1984 he became increasingly interested in the practice of photography. Polaroid collage by David. {yoogallery src=[/images/stories/gallery/art/pol/] style=[lightbox] thumb=[rounded] width=[150] height=[100] spotlight=[0] } | |
| David taking pictures of Angus McBean. Photo by Anton Corbijn | ||
Ember Glance - The Permanence Of Memory 1990 (Russell Mills) | ||
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| Artwork by Russell Mills, installation by Russell Mills and David Sylvian, assisted by Ian Walton | ||
| Ember Glance - The Permanence Of Memory an installation of sculpture, sound and light by David Sylvian and Russell Mills. 29 September - 12 October 1990 staged at the Temporary Museum (F-GO SOKO: T33 Warehouse) on Tokyo Bay, Shinagawa as part of a series of experimental exhibitions, installations and performances conceived and produced by national and international artists at the invitation of Tokyo Creative '90. |  | |
| The Japanese version of the Ember Glance box contains a superb inlay with amazing Russell Mills prints (not found in the book). The inlay can be folded to create a piece of art by itself. The backside is completely printed in Japanese . It should be the liner notes from the book translated by Akiko Shimizu. | ||
Redemption 1994 (Robert Fripp) | ||||
 | Redemption David Sylvian & Robert Fripp P3 Temporary Art Museum, Tokyo Japan 30.8 - 18.9 1994 |  | ||
| Aganai (Redemption) - Seijaku (Approaching Silence) The exhibition space for the P3 Gallery, situated above a former graveyard,was filled with lots of beautiful objets d'art, video pictures and Fripp's text complimented by the music of Sylvian/Fripp. The lighting was designed by Haruki Kaito and Adam Lowe. A statement was issued by Sylvian to explain the motivation behind the concept. (This statement was translated by Satomi Sugiyama.) "There is a tremendous energy for change concentrating in the world at the moment, and real revolution is being accomplished. Through this revolution, people will change their consciousness and will go back to their core self and will start understanding their 'evolution'. Being different from the noise or chaos magnified through the media and created through ignorance, this energy works on in a delicate and strong way in silence. This power is associated with the power of sincerity and possibility which appear when we totally devote ourselves to it. As long as art doesn't compromise social values or the ego of artists, I think art can possibly mediate this power or at least suggest its existence. This depends on the motivations, senses, and sensitivities of each individual --each individual meaning artist and audience. As a result of experiencing particular events in life, knowledge about this power will give influence and information to our ability to think, feel and act and, moreover, will lead to a true understanding of life and even change. With this installation, we are trying to create an environment which embodies something of the possibility shown above. The motivation in creating this work is to seek a deep root of sincerity. We devote ourselves to sincerity and the service of it. The healing place, that is, the place for reuniting divinity and the self, has been a very important symbol in both my life and work. In the exhibition space, the womb is suggested in various ways and you will experience a very happy situation. At the heart of it, the meeting with divinity takes place. Many mystical events and ceremonies have a place where the material and spiritual meet, using the human body as a shrine. In a sense, this is a basic aspect of the vision of redemption. In the main gallery, the work suggests that our divinity takes precedence over our wills. It also hints at the importance of female principles, which are directly connected to our creation, benevolence and redemption. The work is, overall, advocating a way of serving divinity through awareness, benevolence and sincerity." (transcript form Tallow Moon Newsletter #2) | ||||
| Installation theme: David Sylvian/Robert Fripp Visual design: David Sylvian Lighting design: Haurki Kaito Himalayan image: Adam Lowe [Pigment Transfer print size 50cm x 32cm] Skulls: David Greenwood Text: Robert Fripp music: composed by David Sylvian, words by Robert Fripp Recorded at Atma Studio and on Discipline Global Mobile Produced by David Sylvian Engineered by Dave Kent Additional engineering by David Singleton Project coordination: Yuka. Fujii Curation: P3 art and environment Associate Curator: Yuka Fujii Text translation: Rumiko Kanesaka Brian G. Smallshaw | ||||
Art (individual)
Warchild 1990 | |
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Shinya Fujiwara Ltd. Ed. Dead Bees On A Cake artwork | |
 | Shinya Fujiwara - Dead Bees On A Cake artwork Although distributed for promotional use only, a couple of them were used as main prize in contests and in Januari 2001, one print was sold on eBay for US$750. Extremely beautiful frame work and definitely one of the most wanted Sylvian collectables. |
Crossing
A painting by David Sylvian
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Polaroids collage
As published in Blitz magazine
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Shinya Fujiwara - Dead Bees On A Cake artwork
Promotional limitied edition of 50 copies.
Signed by David at the lower left corner and numbered in the lower right corner. I''m not sure if Russell Mills is involved at all.
The print measures 18" x 18" and is matted in a square, antique-gold painted frame,
Although distributed for promotional use only, a couple of them were used as main prize in contests and in Januari 2001, one print was sold on eBay for US$750. Extremely beautiful frame work and definitely one of the most wanted Sylvian collectables.
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Peace
Image sent to members of the davidsylvian.com mailinglist on December 22, 2003 accompanied with the text "Thank you for support in 2003. Expect to hear more from David and Samadhi Sound in 2004.
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