There was no aesthetic link, rather the thread was in the approach to art and materials. Yoshihara, the son of an Osaka industrialist, published the Gutai Manifesto in 1956, a year after the Swiss-born Stadler, also the son of an industrialist, opened ... full story
Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman created the original 54-foot-tall inflatable sculpture, which has been displayed in Amsterdam, Osaka, Sydney, and more recently, Hong Kong. The sculpture will be displayed until June 9 in Hong Kong, where it has received ... full story
74 exhibitors stage contemporary projects of compelling distinction, representing Europe and the Americas, plus the Middle East, South Africa, and East Asia, with 58 galleries returning from previous VOLTA incarnations. ... Copenhagen), whose mythical ... full story
OSAKA--Indian artist and child advocate John Devaraj saw a natural connection between war and child labor when he saw an exhibition on World War II at Peace Osaka on a visit here in August 2011. That led Devaraj, who has been actively spreading voices ... full story
Sekka was born in Kyoto therefore the power of this part of Japan must have influenced him greatly. From a young age it was clear that Sekka had been blessed with many talents in the field of art and design. His artistic path in the early period was ... full story
He stayed in France for two years and on his return to Japan he became a professor at the Kyoto College of Arts and Crafts. Like before, Asai Chu became involved in various clubs and he founded the Kansai Arts Institute in the early twentieth century.full story
It boasts specialized galleries, museums, publications and events, such as the annual Outsider Art Fair in New York. In Japan, the Tokyo-based gallery Yukiko Koide Presents is the only commercial venue of its kind that specializes in this field. In ... full story
Matsutani is an Osaka-born, Paris-based artist and second generation member of the influential, post-war Japanese Gutai Art Association. Meaning “embodiment”, Gutai was founded in the 50s by a group of Japanese artists who had a fascination with the ... full story
Two public lectures will also be held: “On the relationship with Shibakawa Terukichi and Fujii Tatsukichi” and “Painters around Shibakawa Terukichi”; till June 30. The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; (075) 761-4111; Okazaki Enshoji-cho, Sakyo-ku, ... full story
While netsuke from the wealthy urban areas like Kyoto and Edo (Tokyo) tended to be ivory and those outside the cities tended to be boxwood, the figures could be made from anything, including amber and killer whale's tooth. Netsuke were carved to depict ... full story
