Ken Matsubara Japanese, 1948
Chaos - 屏風「カオス」, 1983
Painting
H70 7/8 x W433 1/8 in
H180 x W1100 cm
H180 x W1100 cm
A23380
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Chaos is a staggering twelve panels at 1100 x 180 cm (433 x 70.86 in). When Matsubara began to paint, snake-like veins of flames and spraying water fought the battle of Matsubara's internal demons until he finally broke free and achieved the true mental harmony to which he has always aspired. The inflection point of Chaos inflused by the passing of Matsubara's teacher, Sanko Inoue, in 1981. Matsubara had only begun apprenticing at 27 in 1975 but was deeply inspired by Inoue's evocation of impressionist and abstract masters from the West, particularly the influence of Guernica by Pablo Picasso.