Lot 233: KEN MATSUYAMA

B. 1968
JUPITER, FROM IDOLS IN MYTHOLOGY

57 1/2 by 44 1/4 in. 145.5 by 112.4 cm.

signed, titled and dated 2003 on the reverse, twice in English and once in Japanese

oil on canvas

PROVENANCE

Maru Gallery, Tokyo

EXHIBITED

Tokyo, Geisai Museum, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 2002

NOTE

In this depiction of an enthroned Jupiter accompanied by a smaller-scaled flirtatious consort, the artist constructs a playful Neo-classical homage to East-West mythology, taking inspiration from such diverse sources as Ingres, Canova, and Moreau. Here the great Roman God is infused with a Japanese bishoujo (beautiful young girl) ethos of startling purity.