COLLECTIONS
Ashiya City Museum of Art and History (Hyogo, Japan), Karuizawa New Art Museum (Nagano, Japan), etc.
AINE KINASHI
AINE KINASHI
At the beginning of his career, the artist Aine Kinashi aspired to be a musician. Even Kinashi's first name, 'Aine', was derived from the German pronunciation of the first word in the title of the piece Eine Kleine Nacht Musik composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. However, Kinashi transitioned to a career in painting while studying at the Osaka School of Music, now the Osaka College of Music. In collaboration with fellow artist Masaya Sakamoto, Kinashi established the avant-garde art groups Delta and Tempo in the 1950s.Around this period, the Art Informel movement of Abstract Expressionism and the Anti-Art movement was causing asensation in Japan. Moreover, Kinashi himself was also producing abstract paintings.
Kinashi was mainly known for his 'blue paintings' series, using oil paint mixed with metal powder. Kinashi used his fingers to paint these paintings: the texture, created by the traces of his fingers, flows like a gentle melody on the canvas; and the deep indigo (the primary colour of thepaintings) has an effect like a continuous bass sound. While Wassily Kandinsky succeeded in crystallizing music into paintings, Kinashi tried to embody the act of playing music as a substance in his works, attempting to create a new field of reality with music and paintings.
ARTWORKS
NEWS
ARTICLES
MAJOR EXHIBITIONS, COLLECTIONS
IMAGES
Untitled KA-1, Oil on canvas, 162.3 x 130.2cm
Untitled KA-2, 1966, Oil on canvas, 144.5 x 122.2cm
Untitled KA-4, 1963, Oil on canvas, 1162.0 x 130.7cm
Untitled KA-10, Oil on canvas, 162.3 x 130.8cm
Untitled KA-11, 1963, Oil on canvas, 162.0 x 131.0cm
Untitled KA-19, 1963, Gold powder, oil on canvas, 116.5 x 91.5cm
Untitled KA-14, Oil on canvas, 161.8 x 130.3cm
Untitled KA-15, 1966, Oil on canvas, 144.8 x 97.2cm
Untitled KA-16,1966, Oil on canvas, 140.5 x 112.3cm
installation image, Karuizawa
installation image, Karuizawa
installation image, Karuizawa
BIOGRAPHY
- 1929
- Born in Tokyo. (His real name is Yoshihiko Shioya)
- 1946
- Entered the Osaka School of Music (Presently, Osaka College of Music)
- 1951
- Studied at the Osaka Municipal Institute of Art.
- 1953
- Received the 6th Sozo Bijyutsu Award (Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts) and was invited to become a member of the Sozo Bijyutsu Association.
- 1955
- Received the Ashiya City Art Association Award at the 8th Ashiya City Art Exhibition (in a Hall of the Seido elementary school, Hyogo).
Exhibited at the 3rd Gendai Bijutsu Kondan Kai (Contemporary Art Discussion Group, known as "Genbi") Award (Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art /Asahi building Hall, Kobe / Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts).
Exhibited work at the 40th Nika Group Exhibition. Two of his works were nominated for an award. Repeatedly presented his work there until 1957. - 1956
- Participated in the Outdoor Gutai Art Exhibition (held in Ashiya park, Hyogo)
- 1957
- Assisted in the formation of the Group DELTA with Masaya Sakamoto and others, remained involved until the group's dissolution in 1961. (They held 16 exhibitions between 1957 and 1961with a strong creative motivation.)
- 1959
- Participated in the 19th Gutai Art Exhibition Received an Honorable Mention at the Bijyutsu Bunka Art Association Exhibition
- 1960
- Became an associate member of the Bijyutsu Bunka Art Association Exhibition
- 1961
- Exhibited work at the 5th Asahi Shinjinten (Asahi Exhibition for new talent)in Kyoto and Osaka Takashimaya.
Solo Exhibition at the Doutonbori Gallery (Osaka, Japan). - 1962
- Exhibited work at the 6th Asahi Shinjinten (Asahi Exhibition for new talent). Exhibited work at the Mainichi Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition.
Exhibited work at the 6thKyoto Independent Exhibition.( Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Repeatedly presented work thereafter).
Assisted in the formation of the group Tempo, a group consisting of abstract painters with Yasuo Ihara, Masaya Sakamoto, Hirokazu Moriguchi and others. Presented their works at Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art. (The group's dissolution in 1963). - 1963
- Exhibition Survey of Contemporary Art -Western and Japanese Art at the Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art (Kyoto, Japan)
Solo Exhibition at Gallery Ano (Osaka, Japan) - 1964
- Exhibition Survey of Contemporary Art -Paintings and Sculptures- at the Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art (Kyoto, Japan)
- 1965
- Became a member of Gutai Art Association with Masaya Sakamoto, Takehiro Nabekura and Minoru Yoshida. Exhibited work for the 15th, 16th, and 17th Gutai Art Associations.
- 1968
- Withdrew from the Gutai Art Association and stopped making artwork in order to focus on music.
- 1976
- Exhibition 18 years of Gutai Art Association at the Osaka Contemporary Art Center (Osaka, Japan).
- 1977
- Resumed making artwork
- 1979
- Exhibition Jiro Yoshihara and Today’s Aspects of Gutai at the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art (Hyogo, Japan).
- 1984
- Solo Exhibition at Gallery Suzuki (Kyoto, Japan).
- 1986
- Passed away
- 1993
- Exhibition Gutai II 1959 - 1965 at the Ashiya City Museum of Art and History (Hyogo, Japan)
- 2004
- Exhibition Gutai Retrospective: 50 years Anniversary (Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art)
- 2012
- Exhibition Gutai: The Spirit of an Era (The National Art Center, Tokyo)