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Tsunehisa Kimura

1928 – 2008

Japanese artist

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Lived 1928 – 2008 (aged 80). Tsunehisa Kimura was a Japanese graphic designer and computer artist.

Tsunehisa Kimura (木村恒久, Kimura Tsunehisa; 1928–2008) was a Japanese artist influential in graphic design.

Style Kimura's photomontage imagine a surreal world of ongoing apocalypse and often showcase the encroachment of nature and natural phenomenon on man-made structures and the urban built environment.

His most famous ‘Visual Scandals’ series was published in book form by Parco, Tokyo in 1979.

In popular culture Kimura provided the cover artwork to Midnight Oil's 1984 album Red Sails in the Sunset. Additionally, altered versions of his work Toshi Wa Sawayakana Asa Wo Mukaeru were used for the cover art of Climax Blues Band's 1980 album Flying the Flag, Cut Copy's 2011 album Zonoscope, and Blu's 2013 album York. Cut Copy would eventually go on to win the Artisan Award for Best Cover Art at the ARIA Music Awards of 2011.

Design commentators have drawn attention to similarities between Kimura's work and the CGI envisioning of the Tom Cruise film Oblivion, particularly in the design of promotional material.

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Important facts

Birth century
Education
Osaka Municipal Kogei High School
Employers
Tokyo Zokei University

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Tsunehisa Kimura's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Tsunehisa Kimura?

Japanese artist (1928–2008)

When was Tsunehisa Kimura born?

Tsunehisa Kimura was born on 30 May 1928 in Osaka.

When did Tsunehisa Kimura die?

Tsunehisa Kimura died on 27 December 2008.

What was Tsunehisa Kimura's occupation?

Tsunehisa Kimura was a graphic designer and computer artist.

What nationality was Tsunehisa Kimura?

Tsunehisa Kimura was Japanese.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Tsunehisa Kimura

· Wikidata: Q11518887

· DBpedia: Tsunehisa Kimura

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