Last Wednesday we went on a short trip to visit some places along Costa da Morte and we ended the tour in Muxía. It is always a delight to visit this town, but this time even more so, since they had an exhibition at the Salón do Actos do Voluntariado devoted to Galician-Japanese painter Yoshiro Tachibana (Nino, 1941-2016).
The exhibition is lovely in terms of the photographs and paintings displayed, even though in my opinion, it is hampered by a lack of ambition. I missed more of an explanation (either in a brochure or on some panels) in terms of who the artist was, his vision and objectives. The only detailed panel offers an overview of his biography. However, I guess it is understandable in view of Tachibana's recent death (July 17, 2016).
Tachibana's paintings (you can see the entirety of his collection here) are vivid, exquisite, colorful. The show's high points. His depictions of the recurrent theme of the forbidden tree and paradise lost provide the focus of this exhibition, with their high color, pure harmony, reduction and order, with a boldness in composition. There are also a few watercolours which offer the tantalizing prospect of a glimpse behind the artist's vision.
"El que ignora la palabra <muerte> está libre,
El que ignora la palabra <libre> está feliz,
El que ignora la palabra <feliz> está inocente,
El que ignora la palabra <inocente> está vacío,
El que ignora la palabra <vacío> no conoce su existencia,
No tiene pasado ni presente, sólo un sueño encima del tiempo.
Los animales viven ebrios y mueren soñando"
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