Paintings: Mechanical Drawings

Mechanical Drawing Paintings by Atsushi Koyama

Koyama must have created these oil paintings with excruciating care in order to lend them the elegance and precision of mechanical diagrams.  Tokyo-born Koyama holds both a BFA in art from Tama Art University and a Bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Tokyo University of Science, so it’s only natural for his art to reflect a convergence of art and science, human and machine.

"A machine – the simplest rotating devices of mechanical nature – come apart and expands on black background of Koyama’s canvases while parts of human body gently and with care hold, elevate or support the running parts. The Mechanism unfolds in human’s hands overcoming its utilitarian or even material nature and while generating aesthetical strength goes beyond the material. As a particular visualization of METAMACHINE Koyama’s devices transform and regenerate themselves into medium with access to supernatural dimension, as a mega-key to the parallel world where machine have same rights for beauty and sublime as human body in ours."

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