Published date:
2022-03-01
Collection of works by Aki Kobori
An art book by Kobori Aki that expresses the world of “qi,” where two faces, a painter and an aikido artist, interweave. Kobori Aki's first art book, which freely manipulates both the paintbrush and the flow of qi, is the culmination of unconventional expressions. Mr. Kobori, who began his career as an artist in earnest when he won the grand prize at the 2014 Yokohama Northern Art Competition, says that he “never thought of himself as a painter,” and it is this freedom that does not have a consistent style that vividly appeals to the sensibility of viewers.