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Fru is a dreamer, dream interpreter and dream group leader. In 20 pictures he illuminates, amplifies and interprets the image of the bound woman like a dream. He has created a series of paintings dedicated to the concept of "hold" and "stop" or “COMMITMENT” and shows this with the example of Shibari. The character 縛 in Shibari (縛り) means to tie, to bind, to fasten, in a real, or emotional sense, like family bonds. The origins of Shibari can be traced back to the techniques used by the samurai warriors of feudal Japan to restrain prisoners. Over time, these techniques evolved into a form of erotic bondage in Japan during the Edo period (1603-1868). In the 1950s and 1960s Shibari gained popularity with the work of artists. In the 2000s, Fru was inspired by the Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki. In his COMMITMENT series, he shows different ways of being trapped in culturally universal themes. Fru combines shibari with photography and Zen painting. The working method is documented in a YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz1BCzcoyS4 Original prints are printed individually in the professional print shop and are signed by the artist.
Original Created:2022
Subjects:Cuisine
Materials:Lucia Pigment Ink On Fine Art Paper
Styles:Fine ArtFigurativeZen Art
Print:Giclee on Photo Paper
Size:8 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in
Size with Frame:13.25 W x 15.25 H x 1.2 D in
Frame:White
Ready to Hang:Yes
Packaging:Ships in a Box
Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.
Handling:Ships in a box. Art prints are packaged and shipped by our printing partner.
Ships From:Printing facility in California.
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Switzerland
fru (Beat Frutiger), born in 1952 in Bern, lives in Kaiseraugst near Basel and worked as a art teacher from 1981 until his retirement in 2013. He publishes under the pseudonym fru.ch. Influenced by performances of the 1970s, Zen art and training as a make-up artist, fru has been combining body painting, photography and Zen art in a unique way. His art is a play between the photographic image that represents reality and the painting or sculpture that embodies an ideal. Since his training in 1981, his creativity has been concerned with the deconstruction of fine art, body art and photography for a reconfiguration of the elements into a result in which the image is, as in Zen teachings, "the finger pointing at the moon". See the working process at https://www.youtube.com/@fru-ch
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