image of Mona Lisa in Profile | Mitsuo SHIGEMURA
Title
Mona Lisa in Profile
Year
1983
Material
F.R.P.,cloth, wood,etc
Size
200*100*90cm

This was produced by the artist's inquisitive mind: "How will be profile of Mona Lisa?" and his original technique to make materials hard which is called Katami-tage. This is the world's first solid work of Mona Lisa by Leonard da Vinci,whose parodies are produced by many artists. Similarly to Mona Lisa, it depends on each parson and each point of view, that various expressions concealed in the work could be revealed.

image of SHIGEMURA Mitsuo
Author
SHIGEMURA Mitsuo
Birthplace
Japan
Birth
1929-2012

Being the top-liner in Japan since the 1960s of a technique that can cast a human figure exactly as it is, he expresses the frozen moment. He uses polyester resin to create highly wrought shapes in his endeavor to seek realism and humor. Something plausible which cannot exist, or something improbable that may actually be existent -this is a world of illusion that he produces.

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