"Hoogtepunten", rijstpapieren / papier machee poppen door Koji Kondo

 

collection Delta 98 Den Haag, The Netherlands

a double figure in the

private collection Hulscher, 

The Netherlands

 

this figure is presented in the book:

Poppen, een inspirerend kijk- en werkboek,

page 102, a book by:

Steven van Campen, Bert Keulemans, George Burggraaff en Daan Gort,

published by Cantecleer bv, de Bilt

recensie in de Texelse Courant 1986,

expostie in Galerie Tessel

also since circa 1973 in the private 

collection Hulscher, The Netherlands:

in situ December 2021:

blog by:

Marx Wamerdam,

delta 98 den haag,

The Hague, The Netherlands

Koji Kondo sculptures in situ, 2021 The Netherlands

Koji Kondo sculptures,

collection Van Dijk, Amsterdam

how some Koji Kondo sculptures

were displayed at Delta 98 Den Haag

Geijutsu or Bijutsu by the sculptor Koji Kondo

 the sculptor Koji Kondo 

was born in 1939 in Tokyo, as youngest of 5 children, his father was a traditional painter and Koji was educated as the same, but it became clear he wanted to express himself in a broader way, he started making fashion, hats, textile designs, small objects and dolls, he went to Paris, back to Japan, to Copenhagen and Amsterdam, there he wished to stay and did.

at one moment a man asked him what he actually did for a living, 

Koji Kondo answered:

Nothing, but I can make dolls.

The man said: go and do it.

Koji Kondo made 2 dolls 

an exhibition was organised, 

but first there had to be 10 more made.....

collection Van Dijk, Amsterdam

provenance: Delta 98 Den Haag

the above text I found in a book, with a chapter dedicated to Koji Kondo:

POPPEN, een inspirerende kijk - en werkboek,

by: Steven van Campen and Bert Keulemans,

published in 1984 by Cantecleer, de Bilt

blog by: Marx Warmerdam

Delta 98 Den Haag, 

The Hague, The Netherlands