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A Superb Collage Sculpture “Many Faces” by Japanese Artist Mr. Okada Noboru better known as “The Strange Knight “
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| Collection No. | TB-4154 |
|---|---|
| Size | 83cm x 94cm |
A Superb Collage Sculpture “Many Faces” by Japanese Artist Mr. Okada Noboru better known as “The Strange Knight “
This beautiful collage sculpture is comprised of many individual carved wood faces that are put together in a mosaic, each of the expressive faces shows all ranges of emotions and are in different sizes & shapes.
This artwork reminds me of the many masks & faces I have collected in Oceanic Art over my lifetime.
Noboru could be considered an Outsider Artist as he was self-taught and seemed to mostly make artwork for himself. Okada lived a life of strangeness and solitude, as his artist name suggests, however, about 20 years ago, he decided to leave the city and open his own Mask Museum, whenever he appeared in public, he would wear his own masks to avoid the eyes of others; he lived as a masked man with about 20 rescued cats.
Okada’s private museum was located in Nasu Highlands in Tochigi Prefecture in Japan, he has more than 20,000 original masks that he made from scrap materials on display inside the museum, and covering the entire outside building in masks and sculptures. The museum was closed after he died in 2018.
It is thought that the masks Okada creates are a kind of assemblage in which daily necessities and discarded items are reassembled, and the familiarity of the materials used brings him closer to the viewers.
Provenance: Made by Okada Noboru circa 1988 and was exhibited in the 1989 Kanazawa Crafts Award Japan
The Todd Barlin Collection of Oceanic & Asian Art
Okada Noboru Artworks Exhibited in Public Exhibitions in Europe
The Collection de l’Art Brut – Lausanne, Switzerland “Art Brut from Japan, Another Look – November 30, 2018 Through April 28, 2019”
https://www.artbrut.ch/en_GB/exhibition/japan-another-look
The Outsider Art Fair – Paris Oct 2020
Art Brut from Japan, another Look – November 2018 to April 2019
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