{"id":1678,"date":"2025-01-30T15:37:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T15:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyotakulevante.com\/artworks-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T15:52:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:52:52","slug":"artworks-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gyotakulevante.com\/en\/artworks-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Artworks 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Flusso\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\tAnchovies\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t

ANCHOVIES<\/h3>

“Creating schools of anchovies was automatic for me. While working on it, I discovered that the Ligurians feel like anchovies; They only want those!!”Starting from gyotaku icongraphy with concise clean lines, Elena mastered the dynamic beauty of the anchovy in its natural world.The anchovies chase each other in swirls that seem catapulting the viewer into the sea as if you can feel the fish slipping through your fingers.\u00ab With Elena’s impeccable placement of shadows and curves, her compositions are unbelievably three dimensional, distorting the static placement of classic Gyotaku. \u00abThis extreme versatility allows for a great variety of different compositions.Forming a “puzzle” like scheme, each unique placement of every anchovy seem to dance in the shadows of those above it, sparking a sense of music or dance.Without a doubt, Elena has made the Gyotaku Levante brand a sensation Ligurian worldwide amongst the narrow niche of Gyotaku and exported all over the world.Tutti i Gyotaku di acciughe sono gi\u00e0 venduti.Contact me for commissions and to create customised artworks.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tDESCRIPTION\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tARTWORKS\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Bestiario\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\tAlchemical Bestiary\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t

COMPOSITIONS<\/h3>

In Progress<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tDESCRIPTION\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tARTWORKS\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Predazione\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\tCompositions\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t

COMPOSITIONS<\/h3>

The compositions include different species printed at different times and, possibly, in different places.
Mediterranean border are not binding and, sometimes, animal kingdoms might be mixed to recreate real or invented marine scenes.<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tDESCRIPTION\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tARTWORKS\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\tCOMING SOON\t<\/h5>\n

\n\t\t\tJellyfish\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t

JELLYFISH<\/h3>

During the anchovy season it happens that some jellyfish remain at the bottom of the anchovy box. The fishmongers keep them aside for the artist who can then recover them to make gyotakus.
The thin tentacles of the Pelagia noctiluca arrive in the studio broken; they are, therefore, painted freehand after the printing phase.
Like anchovies, jellyfish compositions are dynamic and elegant. Their difficult availability makes them even more precious.<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tDESCRIPTION\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tARTWORKS\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Sgombro\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\tCommon species\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t

COMMON SPECIES<\/h3>

They are gyotaku of those Mediterranean species that are commercialised and, therefore, easy to find.<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tDESCRIPTION\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tARTWORKS\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Physalia\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\tUncommon species\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t

UNCOMMON SPECIES<\/h3>

The uncommon species in question are from the trip to the Azores Islands. In particular, the species Physalia Physalis (Portuguese Caravel) was particularly difficult to print due to its characteristic of high irritability in contact with the skin. The nematocysts present in the tentacles of this being, which we remember to be a sinophore and not a jellyfish, can transmit a truly powerful poison, however not potentially lethal. In fact, during the printing phase, the artist suffered various irritations caused only by the liquid left by the tentacles on the work surface. The printed specimens were collected on Santa Barbara beach on the island of Sao Miguel, during the stranding season of this species.<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tDESCRIPTION\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tARTWORKS\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Epinephelus\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\tTakuseikai\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t

TAKUSEIKAI<\/h3>

Takuseikai (translated as correct printing method) is the direct color method created by Master Masatzu Matzunaga in the 1960s.
This procedure involves careful preparation of the fish placed on a support and posed using a system of needles and threads, and then colored following a very precise pattern.
Three different colors are created: Kyo (dark color), Tyu (medium color) and Jyaku (pale color).
These three colors have a precise location on the surface of the fish, and are then blended with the help of the brush. The different liveries of the fish species are painted directly on the fish, leaving the eye as the only part to be painted on paper.The artist went to Osaka in April 2023 from Master Matzunaga and other masters together with some members of the Gyotaku Art Europe Association to learn the Takuseikai technique from Master Matzunaga, who passed away in July 2023.<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tDESCRIPTION\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tARTWORKS\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Orchidea\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\tFlorilegio\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t

Florilegio<\/h3>

In the spring of 2024, the greyness of the geopolitical situation, between wars and atrocities, has become heavier. The artist’s response, in a sort of art therapy, is to create a collection of gyotaku in which anchovies are intertwined with flowers and plant essences.For the first time the artist goes beyond the pragmatic concreteness of gyotaku and enters a metaphysical dimension, where anchovies are no longer anchovies and flowers are not flowers. The fish are us, they are energy, they are migration, they are the wind, they are the time. Flowers are all we need now: beauty, life, hope, positive energy. They are a new beginning.<\/p>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tDESCRIPTION\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tARTWORKS\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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