Horiki Katsutomi

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Therefore, I set out on the open sea
with but one ship, and that small company
of those who never had deserted me.

Dante, Hell XXVI, 100-2

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2001, oil and acrylic on canvas, cm 105x150

MutabilisArte inaugurates an exhibition dedicated to the extraordinarily poetic work of Horiki Katsutomi, a tribute to the refined Japanese painter...

2001, oil and acrylic on canvas, cm 90x130

Inaugura la nuova mostra di Horiki dedicata alla serie di pitture dell’Odissea presso la galleria Weber & Weber di Torino, in occasione della quale dell’artista si presentano una decina di grandi tele che si fanno portavoce della ricerca pittorica alla…

Anatomia dell’Inquietudine

With the precious chromatic texture of the canvas "Ulisse bianco II" (White Ulysses II), the exhibition "Anatomia dell'inquietudine" (Anatomy of the Restlessness) by the refined Japanese painter Horiki Katsutomi opens on Monday 20 February

In memoria di un grande artista filosofo

I met Horiki as a child in 1970 in a mountain hotel. He knew my father Gino Balzola (1927-1983) as an artist and then, from mutual esteem, a long and fruitful friendship was born between them. I was immediately attracted by his proud and silent personality...

Il ritorno ad «Ithaca»

The artist, who left the Far East a long time ago and landed in a minimalist corner of the Piedmont countryside, gives us an abstract painting, far from the figurative image that imposes an interpretation on us.

1985, oil, acrylic and paper on canvas, cm 95x45

The memory of Horiki transports me to a distant past made up of endless discussions about the making of art. For him being an artist was like a ‘priesthood’ devoted to an aesthetic vision of life enveloped in sublime beauty.

In memoria del mio straordinario amico Katsutomi Horiki

Conobbi l'artista Horiki nel 1969 a Torino, una città del nord Italia. All'epoca insegnavo aikidō a Torino e nel 1969, in città, vivevano una decina di giapponesi, tutti impegnati nell'industria automobilistica (Torino è una città con una fiorente industria automobilistica),…

2010, watercolour on paper, cm 29,7x39,7

Nel gennaio 2011 avevo contattato Horiki per qualche consiglio su un viaggio in Giappone. Mi indicò un amico suo (credo a Osaka) da incontrare e qualche posto da visitare. Purtroppo la grande onda spazzò via la costa est giapponese, provocando…

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