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Manga--Japanese comics--are a hit the world over these days; anime festivals abound and even artists such as Murakami Takashi are hugely popular depicting manga themes. Here in Japan one of the most commonly seen manga on newstands is Shonen Jump. Nishimura took this common printed 'document' of today and with the baptism of fire created a modern day fossil; it's as if these works were transported into the future and brought back to today. Each is a stack of ten manga each coated with clay between each page and fired. They naturally collapsed into the forms we see. Each can stand on different sides creating different temperaments. Such works have been shown in various gallery and museum exhibitions over the years including the Suntory Museum, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Yamanshi Prefectural Museum of Art, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Art, Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art and others. Nishimura's works are also in the permanent collections of some of the museums listed above as well as The Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris, and The V&A, London, The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo. More photos upon request, there are four pieces pictured here, each having three photos, being about. 26cm.tallx31x28, with a signed box. Photos 4-6 On Reserve
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