Hiroshi Senju


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South China Morning Post  City Reviews: In your Mind's Eye; Sundaram Tagore Gallery  October 28, 2008

"...Less-colour-saturated but no less intuitive are the pieces by Natvar Bhavsar, who sprinkles pigment delicately on his canvases in an echo of Jackson Pollock, although the works' understated quality reflects a gentle Asian sensibility that's the opposite of the American painter's frenetic, ego-driven style..."

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Art in America  Hiroshi Senju: Sundaram Tagore Gallery  September 2008

"...Senju creates, from the most simple of low-tech means, cinematic spectacles that appear to be in motion. They are startlingly beautiful works - perhaps too beautiful, since we tend to be wary of beauty - and raise the question of optical trickery, although the trickery is completely transparent..."

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Art Asia Pacific  The Business of Cultural Diplomacy  May 2008

"Art, globalization and inter-cultural dialogue are themes dear to Tagore. The latter populates his conversation and is reflected in the work he shows. Recent exhibits at his Chelsea gallery have included the metalwork of an Israeli-American, Nathan Slate Joseph; the lush, Scandinavian-influenced paintings by the Indian artist Sohan Qadri; and the ethereal waterfalls of Japanese painter Hiroshi Senju. Tagore's gallery statemnt, afterall, is to develop exhibitions and host events that "engage in spiritual, social and aesthetic dialogues with traditions other than our own."..."

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Sing Tao Daily  May 7, 2008

"...With two other locations in New York and Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Sundaram Tagore Gallery represents some of the most well known contemporary artists, such as Hiroshi Senju and Judith Murray..."

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Kee  The Essence of Life  May 2008

"Tagore explains how his passion for art has enabled him to dissolve differences in cultures and bring them together in a unique and creative way, denoting that art can transcend all culture and social standings."

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Asian Art News  New Openings  May/June 2008

"Gallerist Sundaram Tagore said, "All these artists have spent their lives working in and exploring different Eastern and Western cultures - including India, China, Nepal, Japan, Italy, Holland and America. Together they create an incredible mosaic and foster an intercultural dialogue that reflects a diversity of thought and artistic style."

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Friday Magazine  Art of Heart: Art's New Dimension  April 3, 2008

" 'We're dedicated to intercultural dialogue, and dialogue across the oceans', he [Sundaram Tagore] says, returning to his favorite topic."

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Prestige  Art, No Commerce  April 2008

"These 'philosophical discussions' are fundamental to Tagore's vision for his galleries, or 'cultural spaces' as he prefers to call them. Unlike galleries that buy and sell art solely as a monetary transaction, Tagore has a mission to create a global community of artists and foster a dialogue between Western and non-Western cultures."

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Art + Auction  Back East  March 2008

"Among the returning dealers is New York's Sundaram Tagore Gallery, which is bringing a selection of richly hued abstractions, priced between $25,000 and $250,000, by the likes of Natavar Bhavsar and Hiroshi Senju, who were born in Gujurat, India, and Tokyo, respectively."

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The Indian Express  Art of Adding Illusion to Art  July 13th, 2007

"Three Indian artists are among those featured in Inner Journey, the latest offering from the Sundaram Tagore Gallery in New York."

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Asian Art News  Inner Journey  July/August 2007

"...Senju expresses contemporary modernity through ancient painting techniques unique to Japan."

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Own Magazine  Hiroshi Senju  February 2007

"Hiroshi Senju, one of the world's most revered and internationally acclaimed contemporary artists, is a painter with divinity."

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Art & Antiques  Coming to America  March 1, 2007

"...Hiroshi Senju, one of Japan's most revered and internationally acclaimed contemporary artists showed 27 murals at Japan's Yamatane Museum of Art..."

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Japan Info  Masterpiece Comes to Philadelphia's Japanese House and Garden  Spring 2007

"Hiroshi Senju is renowned for his unique combination of modernism and ancient methods of Japanese painting."

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Asian Art News  Sundaram Tagore Gallery at the Hong Kong Exhibition Center  August 2006

"...a group of four gloriously shimmering works [by Hiroshi Senju] from this acclaimed series."

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Asian Art News  Sundaram Tagore Gallery at the Hong Kong Exhibition Center  July/August 2006

"Sohan Qadri's single color works seem to ripple down the surface of the paper on which they are made. These are fine, thoughtful works by an artist who is acutely aware of simplicity and the power of a single color and the hues within it."

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News India Times/Desi Talk  Group Exhibition Reveals Confluence of East and West  Friday, June 30, 2006

"Bhavsar, Qadri, and Revri, are symbolic of the journeys of the artists of our times. Geographically, they have traveled out the country of their birth; artisically out of the influence of the Modernism of Matisse and Picasso, the Abstractionism of Mondrian, the Lyric Abstractionism of Pollock."

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Shofuso  Mural Project  July 2005

"Hiroshi Senju, one of Japan's most revered and internationally acclaimed contemporary artists, will complete his work in December of 2006 on a set of 27 syohekiga murals to be donated to Shofuso."

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International Research Center for the Arts, Kyoto University of Art and Design  Hiroshi Senju  2005

"Coming to the 21st century, we bade farewell to contemporary art of the 20th century . . . realizing that only art works which are recorded in history can lend us encouragement, vitality and healing."

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KIPPO NEWS  Kansai in Focus: Japanese-style painter Senju seeking to foster students into worldwide artists  December 8, 2004

"Senju says . . . artists can be recognized as worldwide ones only when their works have been publicly recognized as those which have a clear-cut philosophy and vision toward world peace and environmental conservation."

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