Tsuyoshi Maekawa - In Commemoration of the Publication of Maekawa and Maekawa II -

ARTCOURT Gallery

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Image: Tsuyoshi Maekawa (1956)

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Announcing a solo exhibition by the major Gutai Art Association artist Tsuyoshi Maekawa (1936 – ).
This exhibition has been planned both to commemorate the publication of two monographs focusing on the activities of Tsuyoshi Maekawa during the 1960s and 1970s – Maekawa (2014) and Maekawa II (2016) – and to convey the appeal of this artist’s work once again from his native Kansai. A contemporary artist who has been gaining recognition in recent years in the international art scene, Tsuyoshi Maekawa will be presented in this exhibition by way of a three-part composition: early-period works from the 1950s (before joining Gutai), pieces from the 1970s (before and after the dissolution of Gutai), and new works from 2017.
Maekawa first participated in the Gutai Art Exhibition at its eighth installment in 1959, and became an active member of the group in 1962. During his Gutai period in the 1960s, Maekawa became known for painting works that used powerfully protruding forms of rough-textured burlap as support media. Developing such free-ranging ideas as the pasting together of fabric, string and rope, his creativity continued to deepen, and he gained notice as a central artist of the second generation of Gutai. In the 1970s, after the group’s dissolution, Maekawa made rapid progress, exploring the creation of new painting spaces with a wide range of “sewing” techniques, and receiving numerous awards in Japan. As Maekawa says, “I am always interested in the new spaces that emerge as a result of the differences between materials and the ways of enclosure,” and for more than half a century, he has continued to delve into the challenges of realizing new expressions in painting.
Artcourt Gallery is taking this opportunity to compile and publish Japanese-language booklets containing translations of the written contents of Maekawa and Maekawa II, and an event will be held during this exhibition to commemorate the publication of these volumes.

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Artcourt Gallery is taking this opportunity to compile and publish Japanese-language booklets containing translations of the written contents of Maekawa and Maekawa II, and an event will be held during this exhibition to commemorate the publication of these volumes.
Date: Sept. 16 (Sat)
Talk from 14:30 - 16:00 / Reception from 16:00-17:00.
Please refer to the official site for further details.

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from September 05, 2017 at 11:00 to September 30, 2017 at 17:00
Closed on Sundays, Mondays and National Holidays.

Reception For The Artist on 2017-09-16 from 14:30 to 17:00

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