[Image: Yutaka Matsuzawa " ”All human beings! Let’s Vanish, Let’s Go, Let’s Go" (1966) printing, paper, private collection]

2021-12-14 17.00.14

[Image: Yutaka Matsuzawa "Psi Zashiki" (1963), printing, paper, private collection]

2021-12-14 17.01.17

[Image: Yutaka Matsuzawa "Psi Corpse" (1964) printing, paper, private collection]

2021-12-14 17.02.16

[Image: Yutaka Matsuzawa "Bird" ('RATI' Issue 2), (1951), private collection]

2021-12-14 17.03.17

[Image: Yutaka Matsuzawa, Performance "Vanishing Banner" (1984), Furka Pass, Switzerland, Photo: Ken Osumi]

2021-12-14 17.04.28

生誕100年 松澤宥

A retrospective marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of the conceptual artist Yutaka Matsuzawa (1922–2006). It will introduce Matsuzawa's diverse works and activities, including architecture and poetry, which were his starting points as an artist, as well as paintings, objects, and works in language and performances in Japan and abroad, before and after he received a revelation in 1964 to "erase objects.” The exhibition will also introduce Matsuzawa's legendary studio Psi Room, which will be reproduced and include a VR experience. The show brings together the works and activities of Matsuzawa throughout his life and provides an opportunity to think about the vision that he pursued.　

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In 1966, in response to the voices of prefectural residents, the museum was established as the Shinano Art Museum Foundation in Shiroyama Park adjacent to Zenkoji Temple, and in 1969 it was transferred to the prefectural government. In 2021, the main building was built and renamed the Nagano Prefectural Art Museum.

The museum's four pillars of "appreciation," "learning," "exchange," and "research" are at the core of its activities. These activities include collecting modern and contemporary art, with a focus on works by local artists and Shinshu landscape paintings; holding collection exhibitions and special exhibitions; providing art groups with opportunities to present their works; offering a variety of learning programs; conducting exchange activities outside the museum; and researching and disseminating modern and contemporary art. The museum is also actively engaged in research and dissemination of modern and contemporary art.

Through these activities, the museum aims to be a people-oriented museum where artists, curators, visitors, and all other people who gather there learn from each other, infuse cultural enrichment and creative joy into daily life and serve as a hub of exchange and tourism that connects the prefecture and beyond through art.

The 100th Anniversary of Yutaka Matsuzawa's Birth

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