1947年石川県出身。関西を拠点に1960年代後半からほぼ独学で美術表現を開始し、「藤野 登」の名前で活動し、1969年第5回国際青年美術家展で受賞、1971年からは「文承根」として発表を行う。持病のため82年に34歳という若さで夭折。
70年代半ばから集中して取り組んだ色を何層もぬり重ねた水彩や、街の一瞬の光景を撮影した写真を素材とした版画作品、油彩、立体、写真など、深い批評性と高い完成度の作品を残し、美術家としての才能を認知された。他の作家と親密に交流することなく、孤高を保ちつつ独自の研究と実践を続けたことで知られる。
2007年には、京都国立近代美術館にて作家の八木 正と共に展覧会を開催。その才能を惜しまれながら世を去った二人の美術家の作品を記録に残した、極めて貴重な展覧会を行った。
Born in Ishikawa Prefecture in 1947.
Based in the Kansai region, he began his artistic expression almost entirely on his own in the late 1960s, working under the name “Noboru Fujino.” In 1969, he won an award at the 5th International Youth Artists Exhibition, and from 1971, he began showing his work under the name MOON Seung-Keun.Due to a chronic illness, he died prematurely in 1982 at the age of 34.
He has been recognized for his talent as an artist through his deeply critical and highly accomplished works, including watercolors with multiple layers of color, which he began working on intensively in the mid-1970s, prints made from photographs of fleeting city scenes, oil paintings, three-dimensional works, and photographs.It is known for its original research and practice while maintaining its isolation and not interacting closely with other artists.In 2007, he held an exhibition with artist Tadashi Yagi at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto.The exhibition documented the works of two artists whose talents were sorely missed and who have since passed away, and was an extremely valuable exhibition.
