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Kuboi a was born in Vancouver in 1932. graduated from
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til 196S when lie turned full time to sculpture. Presently
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1 the Ontario College of Art. One man exhibitions
in Toronto in 1969 and February this year.
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Kubota . - .

Kubota’s first sculptures were unavoidably architectural state­ that you cannot teach art.
"Since it is strictly personal and their art is their own point
ments of pure design, exploring problems of space and form in
of
view, when I criticize, I must stress trat it is only my point
a Bauhausian style. Essentially they are what I would term ■'si­
of view _ bur I can encourage and help them in their di­
tuation art’’ — that is, three-dimensional forms produced out of
rections.”
t wo -d i m e n s ion a I shapes.
To him. art is formless energy which crystallizes through
Some of his sculptures were created through a process of
working around a suggested form — by virtue of the area h? its art conception.
"The more one gets involved in this, the more one improves
created around the invisible core, the- shape emerges. Several of
and
compromises less. Art is still another means of communica­
his sculptures, if dismantled, can be pieced back together to form
tion but I am becoming more and more immune to public opinion
a geometric shape without any pieces left-over or missing — mir­
(one of the beauties of aging). It means that I must work on
rors were used in a couple of pieces to extend or duplicate space
myself before considering giving- to the public. Until you under­
and form concepts. AH of these structures are handsome, wellstand
what you are for yourself, you have nothing to give.”
finished, minimal and cool but leave me with the impression that
what I’ve seen are highly aesthetical design exercises.
He is becoming acutely interested m education as a result
•■‘Because of my architectural background, I have an advantage- of his experience in teaching in a free scnool system at the New
over other sculptors. Having been (ingrained) with the me­ School of Art. He is frustrated seeing
thodology of solving problems in any media, be it paper, cloth,
#
. kids coming out of the present school system, totally
steel or concrete, this method of investigation allows me to
disciplined to the reward-punishment means. They are sud'denly
move into sculpture easily.”
in a position where these values do not exist and they have
to be responsible only to themselves — not to the system, exams,
When Kubota visited Japan on a Canada Council award in
teachers nor parents — a very difficult position to be m so they
1969, he spent the first six months studying Expo, traditional
need constant encouragement.”
architecture, sculpture and painting, and the last six months in
He is dismayed that in the present school system, kids don’t
a Buddhist Temple, where he was incredulous to find himself
involved with art more than ever. He found that not only was learn the most important thing — the art of living — unless they
the Temple jammed with .art but the Temple blaster was an artist have an exceptionally sensitive teacher.
"They are churned through the educational factory filled with
and gave him invaluable art attitudes. He studied pottery (tea
information ready to be neatly fitted into preformed slots in
bowls) and calligraphy and found he had a great deal to gain.
our society.”
For six months, he lived a straight Temple Life which to most
With the current crisis-dilemma and concerned awareness of
people sound's like a process of self-denial but which Kubota points
out is just the opposite — it is a total intake of very positive con- \ the fallacy of the educational system (illustrated dramatically
cepts. His schedule was: rise at 5 a.m., chanting, work, breakfa • by the swelling number of private free school systems now operat(“by the time we had breakfast, the Temple was sparkling ami , ing in Canada), the time is arriving where resource teachers must
ready to go”), meditation, work in the gardens, supper, medita­ be used because of professional qualifications gathered by ex­
tion, free time for study, meditation, sleep.
perience and not because of a certificate issued by the “teacher
"The isolation forces one to look inward — it’s nice to bo factory”. Many concerned resource people like Kubota would en­
completely away from the sensual environmental bombardment.” rich our children in an understanding, direct, humanitarian method.
However, at the moment Kubota feels he must concern himself
He returned to Canada with ideas of applying certain dis­ with his art.
ciplines to himself but he is finding it difficult because of the in­
“Personal revolutions are primary considerations before in­
evitable struggle between environmental situations (social) and
volvement into social revolutions. There is a lot of reactionary
the attainment of personal disciplines and fulfillment. In a metro­
art which I'm not involved in — I don’t feel angry — I just
polis as Toronto which offers an endless variety of enticements
want to do beautiful things.”
in which to lose one’s self (mental fragmentation), the self-d'Lcipline Kubota worked towards in the Temple is very difficult to !
practice and the constant compromising must inevitably transform I
original concepts into a Western-mctrnpolis-hued schizoid version j
of the ideal way of life — but it is a version, nonetheless.

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