The World of Kazuharu Hanada “Colors and Shapes, Humor and Poesy”

The World of Kazuharu Hanada "Colors and Shapes, Humor and Poesy"
: A painter who always loved the Northern land and sea.

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Period: 2020.11.14 - 2021.03.28
First half
: 2020.11.14 - 2021.01.11
Second half
: 2021.01.23 - 2021.03.28
Venue: Karuizawa New Art Museum
Exhibition Room (2nd Floor)
Open Hours: Open Hours : 11:00～17:00
* Enter by 30 minutes before close
Closed: Monday
Incidental: *If a Monday falls on a national holiday the following day is a holiday.
We have New Year's Holiday and Winter Holiday. Please refer to the announcement.
Ticket: Ticket: General admission: ¥1200,
Visitors over the age of 65, high school and university students: ¥900,
Primary and secondary students: ¥600,
* ¥200 discount from above fees for groups over 20 people
* Preschool children, Disabled : Free, discount for an attendant (half of above fees)
Contact Information: Karuizawa New Art Museum
Tel. 0267-46-8691
Exhibition Section

About the Exhibition

Karuizawa New Art Museum is delighted to present The World Of Kazuharu Hanada "Colors and Shapes, Humor and Poesy", from the exhibition series "Worldwide Artists of Asia with Continuous Evaluation from Today's perspective" that we focused on the artists who should be paid attention now from our own point of view.

In 1946 Kazuharu Hanada (1946-2017) was born in Sapporo city in Hokkaido. In 1965, he entered Tokyo University of the Arts where he studied under Ryohei Koiso (1903-1988). After he completed the graduate school of Tokyo University of the Arts in 1971, he returned to Sapporo in 1974 and then continued his art works in Hokkaido until his death in 2017.
After going back home, Hanada who had tried geometric paintings since he was in school, worked on paintings with bright surfaces composed of squares. After a while, he created an expression in which nature in Hokkaido and his daily life are picked up as theme and their essence was abstracted into simple forms. While he was influenced by the tide such as the postwar abstract expressionism or hard edge, he had a great interest in Rimpa school, Heihachiro Fukuda (1892-1974), a painter of the Kyoto art circles, and others. His expression, supported by poetic sensibility grasping familiar phenomena with rich lyricism and clear visual effect, stands out filled with unusual sense of refreshing among the numerous abstract paintings drawn after the war in Japan.

In this exhibition, the trajectory of Hanada's expression is introduced with about 100 works and related documents from his early period to his later years collected with the extensive cooperation of his bereaved family.

○Exhibition "The World of Kazuharu Hanada" on the Web！
The World of Kazuharu Hanada Exhibition Views taken by 360°Camera

Let us introduce his works from here.
＃1 The World of Kazuharu Hanada
＃2 The Day of Search
＃3 Profile of the Artist
＃4 With the Nature of Hokkaido in the late1980s
＃5 In Daily Life in the 1990s
#6 The Place Where He Finally Reached

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Eimi's FANTASY, 2005, Oil on canvas, 112.1 × 162.1 cm

Profile

Kazuharu Hanada

Biography

Year　　Age　 Description

1946　　　　 Born as the second son, the youngest child among 7 siblings of his father Goro Hanada and his mother Yoshi in Sapporo city, Hokkaido.
1965 19 Enrolls in the Department of Oil painting at Tokyo University of the Arts. Studies under Ryohei Koiso.
1969 23 Graduates from the Department of Oil painting at Tokyo University of the Arts. Enters in Oil Painting course of Graduate School of Fine Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts.
1972　 26 　 Visits Europe for three months. Travels southward from Nordic countries to Napoli in Italy.
1974　 28　 Returns to Sapporo.
1975 29　 Works as an adjunct lecturer at Hokkaido Women’s Junior College until March 1983.
1976　 30　 Works as a teacher at Hokkaido Academy of Formative Arts. Becomes a chief instructor in 1987 and retires in 1996.
1978 32 Stays in the United States for one month to broaden his knowledge in art.
1979　　33　　Works as an adjunct lecturer at Fuji Women's Junior College until 1992.
1982　　36　 “The 9th Association of Ecole Abstract’s Artists in Hokkaido” (Sapporo Tokei-dai Gallery
Exhibits To Forest. Becomes a member of its group.
1991　 45　 Works as an adjunct lecturer at Sapporo Ootani Junior College until 2008.
2006　 60 “Art in Hokkaido-Those 100 pieces” (Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art)
2011 65 　 “Exhibition “A★MUSE★LAND★TOMORROW 2012 in MIGISHI MUSEUM- Marl the Ghost and the Wonders of Paintings” (Migishi Kotaro Museum of Art, Hokkaido)
2012　 66　 “Solo Exhibition “A★MUSE★LAND★TOMORROW 2012 in MIGISHI MUSEUM- Marl the Ghost and the Wonders of Paintings” (Migishi Kotaro Museum of Art, Hokkaido)
2014 68 Receives the Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon.
2017　 71 　 Passes away.

Image

Apron, 1975, Oil on canvas, 193.9 × 81.0 cm

Wave-3, 1990, Oil on canvas, 71.0 × 227.0 cm

Opened Window, 1993, Oil on canvas, 65.4 × 130.5 cm

Sponsorship

General Incorporated Foundation Karuizawa New Art Museum

Cosponsor

NEW ART HOLDINGS Co., Ltd.

KARUIZAWA NEW ART MUSEUM

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