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前川強

前川強
前川強

前川強といえば「ドンゴロス」(麻袋)、と即座に思い浮かぶほど、生涯にわたり制作に用い、前川を象徴する存在となる。ホアン・ミロやアルベルト・ブッリなど、前川以前にもドンゴロスを用いた作家は美術史上少数いたが、一貫してその物質性に固執しつづけたのは前川ひとりである。また、カンヴァスにドンゴロスを立体的に貼りつけたり縫いつけたりするだけでなく、必ず油彩で彩色を施すのが前川の特質であり、三次元を志向しながらも、絵画という二次元から離れないという作家のこだわりが感じられる。向井修二・松谷武判と並び、具体美術協会の第二世代を代表する作家。具体解散後も活発に発表を行ない、海外での展示も多数。

 

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ARTWORKS

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ARTICLES

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2022.10.19
大阪, 日本

布を使って独自の表現を築き上げた作家・前川強のインタビュー
GUTAI STILL ALIVE 2015 vol.1
13/35
作家・前川強にとっての具体美術とオリジナリティ
GUTAI STILL ALIVE 2015 vol.1
12/35
具体第2世代アーティスト・前川強の作品にみる日本固有の造形美
GUTAI STILL ALIVE 2015 vol.1
11/35
美術史家・本江邦夫が語る|【具体美術協会】とは何か?
GUTAI STILL ALIVE 2015 vol.1
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MAJOR EXHIBITIONS, COLLECTIONS

EXHIBITIONS

2021
The Pioneer of Postwar Japanese Art : Whitestone Gallery, Taipei
Solo Exhibition, Whitestone Gallery, Tokyo
2020
Solo Exhibition, Karuizawa New Art Museum, Nagano
2019
Tsuyoshi Maekawa 1980 – Present, New Art Lab, Tokyo
Yamamura Collection Exhibition, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Hyogo
Selected 54th Award of Person of Cultural Merit of Osaka Citizen
2018
Solo Exhibition, Whitestone Gallery, Tokyo
Solo Exhibition, Whitestone Gallery, USA
2017
Tsuyoshi Maekawa in the 1970s, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp
Beyond Matter, Gagosian, San Francisco
SALON 001: Tsuyoshi Maekawa, Saatchi Gallery, London
The Strength of Matter: Tsuyoshi Maekawa, Whitestone Gallery, Taipei
2016
Gutai: Selected Small Works, Whitestone Gallery, Hong Kong
2015
Avant Garde Asia – Gutai and its Legacy, Sotheby’s Hong Kong Gallery, Hong Kong
Tsuyoshi Maekawa: Energy Extortionist, Whitestone Gallery, Hong Kong
2014
Maekawa – The Gutai Works, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp, Dominique Levy, New York
2013
'Gutai: Splendid Playground' (New York, Guggenheim Museum)
'50 Years of Japanese Painting' (The Museum of Modern Art Wakayama)
'Tapies, the Eye of the Artist' (Venice, Fortuny Museum)
2012
'Gutai: The Spirit of an Era' (The National Art Center Tokyo)
2011
'Nul=0' (Holland, Stedelijk Museum)
2007
'30 Years Collecting' (National Museum of Art, Osaka)
2005
'Hyogo International Painting Competition' (Hyogo Prefectural Museum)
2002
Hyogo Prefectural Museum Inaugural Exhibition
2001
'Osaka Art Panorama' (Osaka ATC Gallery)
1999
Paris Gutai Exhibition (France, Jeu de Paume National Gallery)
1989
Special Exhibition - Contemporary Design (The Museum of Modern Art Wakayama)
Rare Yamamura Collection Exhibition (Hyogo Prefectural Museum)
1986
A B C Painting Exhibition [Best In Show Award]
Gutai - Action and Painting Exhibition (Spain, Yugoslavia)
1985
'Contemporary Japan' Painting Exhibition (New Delhi, National Museum of Modern Art)
1982
Contemporary Japanese Painting Exhibition [Grand Prize]
Japan-France Contemporary Art Exhibition [Second Prize, '83 Third Prize]
Japanese International Art Exhibition [The National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto Prize]
Japanese Embassy Prize Art Exhibition [National Museum of Art Osaka Prize]
1970
'Osaka National Exposition' (Exposition Green Building)
1968
'Nighttime-Only Gutai Exhibition' (Miyazaki)
1967
Gutai Holland Sketch Exhibition (Rotterdam, Design House)
Gutai Austria Exhibition (Wulfengasse, Heide Hildebrand Gallery)
1966
Lausanne International Exhibition (Musée Cantonal Des Beaux-Arts)
Gutai Holland Exhibition (The Hague, Olets International Art Gallery)
Gutai 3-Artist Exhibition (Gutai Pinacoteca)
1965
Gutai Paris Exhibition (Paris, Galerie Stadler)
1963
Solo Exhibition (Gutai Pinacoteca)
 

COLLECTIONS

National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto / National Museum of Fine Arts, Osaka / Miyagi Prefectural Museum of Fine Art / Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art / Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art / Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art / Ashiya City Museum of Art & History / Takamatsu City Museum of Art / Osaka City Museum of Modern Art / Hikami Municipal Museum of Art, Hyogo / Contemporary Art Hasegawa Museum, Shizuoka / Hira Museum of Art, Shiga / Ube City / And U.S, France, Holland, Australia etc. /

IMAGES

Work A-20, 1963, Burlap and oil on board, 162.1 x 130.3 cm
Work U A-21, 1964, Oil, burlap on canvas, 162.1 x 130.3 cm
Work 131001, 1967, Oil on canvas, 162.0 x 130.5 cm
Work 131002, 1967, Acrylic on canvas, 162.0 x 130.5 cm
Untitled 160602, 1980, Linen on panel, 50.0 x 60.6 cm
Work 130937, 1999, Oil, burlap on canvas, 227.3 x 181.8 cm
Untitled 051104, 2005, Acrylic, sewing on cotton cloth, 60.6 x 50.0 cm
Work 2001008, 2019, Installation, 200.0 x 200.0 x 120.0 cm

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