GALLERY COLLECTION
Ginza New Gallery
February 7 - February 29, 2020
February 7 - February 29, 2020
Whitestone Ginza New Gallery is pleased to announce to exhibit our gallery collection. The works of Sadamasa Motonaga, the artist of Japanese postwar avant-garde group: GUTAI Art Association will be displayed. We cordially invite you to come visit this precious opportunity.
Sadamasa Motonaga
Sadamasa Motonaga is one of the representative artists from the first generation of Gutai Art Association. In his later career, Motonaga is also active as author of children’s books, and his specific style of humour is well known among people of all ages. Motonaga belongs to Gutai group from 1955 to 1971. He develops one after another his own innovative ideas such as “Water Sculpture”, which hangs vinyl bags filled with painted water, application of traditional dripping method of Japanese painting “Tarashikomi” to his own style, adoption of airbrush for scattering acrylic paint, etc. Motonaga gets experience in oversea from his early period including contracts with Martha Jackson Gallery (New York) and International Centre of Aesthetic Research (Turin, Italy). The artist is highly acclaimed in international exhibitions such as Venice Biennial, Seoul International Print Biennial, Torino Premio Risone International Exhibition, etc.
Ginza New Gallery
6-4-16 Ginza, Chuo-ku Tokyo, 104-0061, Japan
Tel: +81 (0)3 3574 6161
Opening Hours: 11:00 - 19:00
Closed: Sunday and Monday