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Kyosuke Chinai Exhibition

Galerie Tamenaga
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Artists

Kyosuke Chinai
Kyosuke Chinai was born in Ehime Prefecture in 1948. After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts, Chinai developed his distinctive style of painting on washi paper with acrylic, transcending the boundaries of pre-existing styles. He established his own imaginative world that shows the traditional Japanese aesthetic of "mono no aware", meaning "an empathy toward things," by incorporating patterns used in clothes and "kachofugetsu," traditional nature motifs. Chinai, as a "western-style" painter, tackled Japanese aesthetic with absolutely original methodology. He received a number of prizes including the Yasui Award, establishing his career in the Japanese modern art world. Ever since he created illustrations for novelist Tomiko Miyao's serialized novel that appeared in Mainichi Newspaper in 1992, Yasui became widely known by the public.

Yasui held solo exhibitions at Gallery Tamenaga in France in 2002 and 2004, selling works to major collectors in Europe. Since then he has been exhibiting worldwide. His recent works are landscape paintings of flowers and mountains that are rooted in Japan, winning much acclaim internationally. This exhibition showcases around 40 paintings including his most recent works.

[Image: "Chokyorai" 97x226cm]

Schedule

May 29 (Fri) 2009-Jun 20 (Sat) 2009 

Opening Hours Information

Hours
11:00-19:00
Closes at 17:00 on Sundays and Public holidays.
FeeFree
VenueGalerie Tamenaga
http://www.tamenaga.com/
Location7-5-4 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
Access3 minute walk from exit C3 at Ginza Station on the Hibiya, Marunouchi and Ginza lines, 8 minute walk from the Hibiya exit of JR Yurakucho Station, 8 minute walk from exit A7 at Uchisaiwaicho Station on the Toei Mita line.
Phone03-3537-5368
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