Toni Piccini " HUNGARIAN RAINBOWS " Haiga plus Haiku with English text

Toni Piccini's haiga exbition organized in Budapest by Hungary -Japan Friendship Society

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"...Toni Piccini does not paint. He takes photos in the colour-variety of the rainbow- which expletively represents his haiku. As Matsuo Basho, the most talented Japanese haiku poet said: „Haiku has an arch, and the 2 edges have a contrary stretched to the breaking point." So do Toni' s haigas using the contrary idea between his haiku and the photo, with astounding turns and excellent salto mortale.
His poems often take place in a border-line: now here and eternal life there, micro cosmos and macro cosmos, the line between death and life. Among all of this thoughts, there is always a plus, a mystified feeling. Toni often grabs the classical beauty- going back to the renaissance era, glamorizing the humanism.
We could discuss hours and hours about haiga genre, but for now, let's just take a little look at some poems.
Filled up with pale purple colour, this image tells us the following haiku:

No sky
limits the flight
of a seagull

This is a very Japanese haiga, depicting man's ability to cross any barrier; the superhuman effort small Japanese boys learn about when making and flying kites, and when they put carp-shaped streamer onto rooftops for the children's day Tango no sekku, since the streamer is the only fish to swim upstream against the river's flow. Thus, this haiga represents masculinity, willpower, and overcoming obstacles.
Another of his haiga brings up the idea of existence and non-existence. On the picture there are two crossed female legs. They are almost identical - but not completely. One is accessorised, decorated by a tattoo and an anklet. The other has nothing, yet it is the one on top, ruling over the one below. The legs are crossed, forming an X, implying irreversibility and an inability to change.
Finally, the picture after which this exhibition was named, "Hungarian Rainbow. Tony Piccini salutes us with this piece. Here as well, the photo is based on contradictions. A beautiful Pécs dome, dominated by gold and shining in all the colours of the rainbow. Yet the rainbow itself has hidden behind the clouds. This is a haiga of possibilities within our reach. Toni Piccini wishes Hungary to be blessed with a rainbow, but also warns us of the dangers that lie ahead. Let us listen to his protective message."

from the presentation of Prof. Dr. Judit VIHAR

Károli Gáspár University of Reformed Church, Budapest
Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
Hungary-Japan Friendship Society, President
Foundation of Japanese Studies, President

Category:

Film & Animation

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• haiga
• haiku
• Toni Piccini
• Magyar-Japán Baráti Társaság