Masuo Ikeda Exhibition
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
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Masuo Ikeda (1934-1997), one of the most important color copperplate printmakers, started his career by participating in the 1st International Biennial Exhibition of Prints in Tokyo (1957). After he received the award in 1960, 1962 and 1964, he became the first Japanese artist to have a solo exhibition at the MoMA in 1965 and received the international prize in prints at the 33rd La Biennale di Venezia in 1966. He was also talented in other field such as writing, film and ceramics.
In 2007, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto received about 800 prints by Yoko Sato, Masuo Ikeda's partner, and M&Y firm. This "M&Y Collection" is one of the highest qualitative collection of his prints in the world.
This exhibition features about 300 prints from M&Y Collection to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his death.
[Image: "Spring and Springs" (1966) 33rd Venice Biennale (Grand Prix)
Courtesy of The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto]
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from November 20, 2007 to December 24, 2007
Open on 12/24(Mon/Holiday)
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The printer who wished to paint
By Mattthew Larking
Special to The Japan Times
Soft porn was a mainstay of Ikeda's printmaking oeuvre, and it formed part of his literary one too — for which he won Japan's esteemed Akutagawa Prize in 1977 for the novel "Offering in the Aegean." In 1979, he branched out further, directing the film adaptation of his novel with a bit-part given to Italian porn-star La Cicciolina, former wife of the contemporary art-star Jeff Koons ...