Overview
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[Extension of the event]
The "Maekawa Tsuyoshi" exhibition was closed from Monday, June 2020th to Friday, July 6rd, 29, for partial exhibit changeover, reopened on Saturday, July 7th, and ended on Sunday, October 3th.
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Born in Osaka in 1936, Maekawa Tsuyoshi joined the avant-garde art group Gutai Art Association in 1962 and was a central figure in the second generation of Gutai. Maekawa focused on "dongorosu," a thick, coarse-weave cloth used in making burlap sacks, and tore it, created pleats, and fixed it on the canvas, creating an expression that combined elements of painting and three-dimensional sculpture.
When the Gutai Art Association was founded, its founder, Yoshihara Jiro (1905-1972), advocated the elimination of narrative elements that often accompany artworks, and instead emphasized the importance of the materials themselves. Maekawa can be said to be an artist who embodied Yoshihara's idea of "giving life to objects" (Gutai Art Manifesto, 1956).
Even after Gutai was dissolved in 1972, Maekawa has consistently focused on materials, creating works using a variety of fabrics, including soft, fine-fibered linen and cotton. As a designer himself, Maekawa has also left behind highly experimental works that explore shapes and colors. In recent years, he has returned to using Dongoros, demonstrating new developments that combine the wildness of the material with sophisticated shapes.
His works are highly acclaimed around the world, are included in the collections of art museums around the world, including the Tate Modern in the UK, and have won numerous awards.
This exhibition will introduce the current state of this artist, who continues to work energetically, focusing on recent works created since the 2000s, including his latest work, which will be shown for the first time.
○About the Exhibition: "Why do I paint?" by Tsuyoshi Maekawa
○Exhibition opening remarks: Director Matsuhashi Eiichi
○List of works
Exhibition period: 2020.2.8 (Sat) - 2020.6.28 (Sun)
Exhibition period: 2020.7.4 (Sat) - Ongoing
○The "Maekawa Tsuyoshi" exhibition is now available online!
Work introduction
Exhibition hall view taken with a 360° camera
[Extension of the event]
The "Maekawa Tsuyoshi" exhibition was closed from Monday, June 2020th to Friday, July 6rd, 29, for partial exhibit changeover, reopened on Saturday, July 7th, and ended on Sunday, October 3th.
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Born in Osaka in 1936, Maekawa Tsuyoshi joined the avant-garde art group Gutai Art Association in 1962 and was a central figure in the second generation of Gutai. Maekawa focused on "dongorosu," a thick, coarse-weave cloth used in making burlap sacks, and tore it, created pleats, and fixed it on the canvas, creating an expression that combined elements of painting and three-dimensional sculpture.
When the Gutai Art Association was founded, its founder, Yoshihara Jiro (1905-1972), advocated the elimination of narrative elements that often accompany artworks, and instead emphasized the importance of the materials themselves. Maekawa can be said to be an artist who embodied Yoshihara's idea of "giving life to objects" (Gutai Art Manifesto, 1956).
Even after Gutai was dissolved in 1972, Maekawa has consistently focused on materials, creating works using a variety of fabrics, including soft, fine-fibered linen and cotton. As a designer himself, Maekawa has also left behind highly experimental works that explore shapes and colors. In recent years, he has returned to using Dongoros, demonstrating new developments that combine the wildness of the material with sophisticated shapes.
His works are highly acclaimed around the world, are included in the collections of art museums around the world, including the Tate Modern in the UK, and have won numerous awards.
This exhibition will introduce the current state of this artist, who continues to work energetically, focusing on recent works created since the 2000s, including his latest work, which will be shown for the first time.
○About the Exhibition: "Why do I paint?" by Tsuyoshi Maekawa
○Exhibition opening remarks: Director Matsuhashi Eiichi
○List of works
Exhibition period: 2020.2.8 (Sat) - 2020.6.28 (Sun)
Exhibition period: 2020.7.4 (Sat) - Ongoing
○The "Maekawa Tsuyoshi" exhibition is now available online!
Work introduction
Exhibition hall view taken with a 360° camera
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Planning
Karuizawa New Art Museum Foundation
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Co-sponsored
Sponsor: NEW ART HOLDINGS Co., Ltd.
Artist Information
Maekawa Tsuyoshi
Born in Osaka in 1936, Maekawa Tsuyoshi joined the avant-garde art group Gutai Art Association in 1962 and was a central figure in the second generation of Gutai. Even after Gutai disbanded in 1972, he has continued to create works to this day. He has consistently focused on materials, creating works using a variety of fabrics such as the thick, coarse-weave cloth used to make burlap sacks, soft linen with fine fibers, and cotton, and his works are highly acclaimed around the world, with many included in the collections of art museums around the world, including the Tate Modern in the UK.
Artist profile
Born in Osaka in 1936.1955 Graduated from the Design Department of Osaka Municipal Technical High School.
In 1959, he studied under Jiro Yoshihara.
The 8th Gutai Exhibition (Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, and continued to exhibit thereafter until the 68st and final Gutai Exhibition in 21).
In 1962, he became a member of the Gutai Art Association (remaining a member until its dissolution in 72).
He creates paintings using dongoros that focus on materiality and color.
Grand Prize at the Kansai General Art Exhibition (Osaka Municipal Museum of Art)
1963 "Maekawa Tsuyoshi Exhibition" (Gutai Pinacotheca, Osaka)
1966 "Gutai Three Man Exhibition - Mukai Shuji, Matsutani Takesada, Maekawa Tsuyoshi" (Gutai Pinacotheca, Osaka)
After Gutai disbanded in 1978, he began producing delicate works using softer linen and cotton fabrics, sewn in detail with a sewing machine.
1981: Received the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Award at the 15th Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition (Tokyo and Kyoto)
1982: Received the National Museum of Art, Osaka Prize at the 4th Japan Emba Award Art Exhibition (Emba Museum of Modern Chinese Art, Ashiya)
Winner of the Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art Award at the 14th Japan International Art Exhibition (Tokyo, Kyoto)
Won the Grand Prize at the 5th "Contemporary Japanese Painting Exhibition" (Ube, Yamaguchi)
1996: Created a mural for the Shinsei Lutheran Church (Matsusaka, Mie).
2002 "Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art Opening Commemorative Exhibition" (Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art)
2012 "Gutai - 18 Years of Japanese Avant-Garde Art" Exhibition (The National Art Center, Tokyo)
In 2014, a large-scale solo exhibition was held by Axel Gallery at the old castle in Antwerp, Belgium.
Two Junctions (1960) is added to the collection of the Tate Modern in London.
2019 Osaka City Award Winner
2020 "Maekawa Tsuyoshi - Pure Abstract Expressions Using Color, Shape and Material" Exhibition (Karuizawa New Art Museum)
Information about Works
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Work (No. 170715) 1998 Linen, sewing, acrylic Artist's collection -
Work (No. 181103) 2018 Dongoros, sewing, oil painting Artist's collection -
Work (No. 191101) 2019 Dongoros, oil painting Artist's collection (partial)
Other
The exhibition hall view taken with a 360° camera
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