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Yoshida Katsuro: Touching Things, Landscapes, and the World
About the Exhibition
Yoshida Katsuro (1943-1999), who learned from Saitoh Ghiju (Yoshishige) at Tama Art University, started to concentrate on producing works that combined objects and allowed their characteristics to naturally manifest themselves from 1969. This trend was later dubbed "Mono-ha (School of Things)" and drew international attention, with Yoshida as one of the pioneers of the movement. While working with objects, Yoshida also began to produce prints that explored the relationship between objects and the viewer's eye, using photographs of familiar landscapes that he had taken himself as subject matter.
By 1971, he had moved away from the Mono-ha style and he continued to explore pictorial expression in the 1970s, experimenting with transfer and other techniques. Toward the end of the 1970s, he produced works that transferred the impression of brushstrokes on a wall to canvas. In the early 1980s, he created the Heat Haze series, which depicted landscapes and the human body in abstract form, and later the Touch series, in which organic shapes were created by rubbing powdered graphite with the artist's fingers. Yoshida passed away in 1999 at the age of 55.
This exhibition is the first retrospective of Yoshida Katsuro to provide a complete presentation of his career. Several of his works, hitherto rarely seen by the public, as well as his production notes showing his planning and concepts, have been researched and are featured in the exhibition. While confronting the art trends of his time, when the art world was undergoing dramatic changes, Yoshida continued to earnestly ask questions about his own artistic choices and path.
Information
- Venue
- HAYAMA, Galleries 1, 2, 3a, and 4
- Period
- April 20 – June 30, 2024
- Closed
- Mondays (except April 29 and May 6)
- Opening hours
- 9:30 – 17:00 (last admission at 16:30)
- Admissions
- Adults: 1,200 (1,100) yen
Under 20 or Students: 1,050 (950) yen
65 and over: 600 yen
High School Students: 100 yen
Junior High School Students and under: Free
* Prices in ( ) indicate group (over 19 persons) discount tickets. * A person with disabilities and one accompanying caretaker are admitted free of charge upon presenting Disabled Person's Handbook, MIRAIRO ID, or an equivalent government-issued identification. * Admission is free on May 18, International Museum Day.* Tickets of the exhibition "Yoshida Katsuro: Touching Things, Landscapes, and the World" also entitle to enter the exhibition "Saitoh Ghiju (Yoshishige): A Starting Point―Artists Intersecting with the World" on the day of purchase.* "Family Communication Day" offers a discount for all group (except those aged 65 and over) accompanying children under 18 on the first Sunday of every month. * For more information, see Concessions & Free Admission.
- Organized by
- The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama
The Tokyo Shimbun
- Founded by
- Cooperation
- The Estate of Katsuro Yoshida
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Works
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Working on Touch
1989, Photo: Baba Naoki
©The Estate of Katsuro Yoshida / Courtesy of Yumiko Chiba Associates -
Yoshida Katsuro
1989, Photo: Baba Naoki
©The Estate of Katsuro Yoshida / Courtesy of Yumiko Chiba Associates -
Photo Documentation, Cut-off (Paper Weight)
1969
©The Estate of Katsuro Yoshida / Courtesy of Yumiko Chiba Associates -
Photo Documentation, Cut-off (Hang)
1969
©The Estate of Katsuro Yoshida / Courtesy of Yumiko Chiba Associates -
Yoshida Katsuro, 650 Watts and 60 Watts
1970, Cord, light bulb and iron
The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
©The Estate of Katsuro Yoshida / Courtesy of Yumiko Chiba Associates -
Yoshida katsuro, Work "9"
1970, Silkscreen on paper
The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama
©The Estate of Katsuro Yoshida / Courtesy of Yumiko Chiba Associates -
Yoshida Katsuro, London 1 (Gunnersbury)
1973, Photo etching on paper
Museum of Comtemporary Art Tokyo
©The Estate of Katsuro Yoshida / Courtesy of Yumiko Chiba Associates
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Yoshida Katsuro, Work "D-197"
1977, Transfer technique and drawing: acrulic and paster on paper
The Estate of Katsuro Yoshida
©The Estate of Katsuro Yoshida / Courtesy of Yumiko Chiba Associates
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Yoshida Katsuro, Work 4-45
1979, Transfer technique: acrylic on canvas
The Estate of Katsuro Yoshida
©The Estate of Katsuro Yoshida / Courtesy of Yumiko Chiba Associates
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Yoshida Katsuro, Heat Haze "Sensuality-12"
1986, Oil and acrylic on canvas
The Estate of Katsuro Yoshida
©The Estate of Katsuro Yoshida / Courtesy of Yumiko Chiba Associates
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Yoshida Katsuro, Untitled
c. 1986, Acrylic, graphite, charcoal and clear medium on paper
The Estate of Katsuro Yoshida
©The Estate of Katsuro Yoshida / Courtesy of Yumiko Chiba Associates
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Yoshida Katsuro, Touch "Body-190 A & B"
1992, Oil, acrylic, graphite and matte medium on canvas
The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama
©The Estate of Katsuro Yoshida / Courtesy of Yumiko Chiba Associates
Related events
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Commemorative talk:
About Yoshida KatsuroDate Saturday, April 20, 2024 Time 13:30–15:00 Place The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama / Auditorium Speaker Koshimizu Susumu (Sculptor)
*Free to attend this event.
* A numbered ticket is required to participate in the event.
It is handed out from 12:30 in the foyer of the auditorium.
* The talk is given in Japanese.
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Gallery Talk by Exhibition Curator
Date Saturday, May 11, 2024 Time 14:00–14:30 Place The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama
* Free with exhibition ticket for that day.
* No advanced booking is required. Please meet at the entrance hall with an exhibition ticket.
* The talk is given in Japanese.
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Symposium:
Yoshida Katsuro and “Mono-ha”
Moderator: Nishizawa HarumiDate Sunday, June 9, 2024 Time 14:00–16:00 Speaker Hirano Itaru
(The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama)
Yamamoto Masami
(Nara Prefectural Museum of Art)
Mori Keisuke
(Chiba City Museum of Art)
(The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama)
* Free to attend this event.
* No advanced booking is required.
* The talk is given in Japanese.
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Gallery Talk by Exhibition Curator
Date Sunday, June 16, 2024 Time 14:00–14:30 Place The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama
* Free with exhibition ticket for that day.
* No advanced booking is required. Please meet at the entrance hall with an exhibition ticket.
* The talk is given in Japanese.
