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A Retrospective | Nobuo Yamanaka 1948 Tokyo-1982 New York | Remastered
Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts
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Nobuo Yamanaka
Nobuo Yamanaka (born in Osaka in 1948, Tokyo) is a legendary artist who made his impressive debut in 1971 with the shocking 35mm film video work "Film on a River," but died suddenly in 1982 at the young age of 34 in New York, where he was staying.
Commissioned by art critics Yoshiaki Higashino, Ichiro Hariu, and Takashi Hayami, he participated in the 11th Tokyo International Print Biennale (1979), the 15th Sao Paulo Biennale (1979), and the 12th Paris Biennale (1982) with large-scale site-specific works produced on site. Despite receiving high international acclaim, the artist was active for less than 12 years.
However, after his debut work, Nobuo Yamanaka developed a series of works by applying a revolutionary interpretation of the pinhole, the origin of photographic equipment, as an imaging device that simultaneously projects images while filming, and his works transcended the synergy of video and photography as media for solving problems left by painting and became a series of works that confront the relationship between the self and the world with optical rigor. It is possible to historicize Nobuo Yamanaka's series of works as having reached a philosophical state where he confronted the relationship between the self and the world with optical rigor.
This exhibition, which will be held 40 years after his death, will not only present approximately 150 of his representative works but will also use valuable archival materials to reconfirm the playfulness of light through conceptual images and dazzling pinhole photographs and trace the development of the consistent activities of this legend of contemporary art who left an important mark on postwar visual art. The exhibition traces the development of the consistent activities of this legend of contemporary art who left an important mark on postwar visual art.
Commissioned by art critics Yoshiaki Higashino, Ichiro Hariu, and Takashi Hayami, he participated in the 11th Tokyo International Print Biennale (1979), the 15th Sao Paulo Biennale (1979), and the 12th Paris Biennale (1982) with large-scale site-specific works produced on site. Despite receiving high international acclaim, the artist was active for less than 12 years.
However, after his debut work, Nobuo Yamanaka developed a series of works by applying a revolutionary interpretation of the pinhole, the origin of photographic equipment, as an imaging device that simultaneously projects images while filming, and his works transcended the synergy of video and photography as media for solving problems left by painting and became a series of works that confront the relationship between the self and the world with optical rigor. It is possible to historicize Nobuo Yamanaka's series of works as having reached a philosophical state where he confronted the relationship between the self and the world with optical rigor.
This exhibition, which will be held 40 years after his death, will not only present approximately 150 of his representative works but will also use valuable archival materials to reconfirm the playfulness of light through conceptual images and dazzling pinhole photographs and trace the development of the consistent activities of this legend of contemporary art who left an important mark on postwar visual art. The exhibition traces the development of the consistent activities of this legend of contemporary art who left an important mark on postwar visual art.
Schedule | Jul 16 (Sat) 2022-Sep 4 (Sun) 2022 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥800, University and High School Students ¥500, Junior High School Students and Under free. | ||||||
| Website | http://www.art.pref.tochigi.lg.jp/exhibition/t220716/ | ||||||
| Venue | Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts https://www.art.pref.tochigi.lg.jp/en/index.html | ||||||
| Location | 4-2-7 Sakura, Utsunomiya-shi, Tochigi 320-0043 | ||||||
| Access | From the West exit of JR Utsunomiya Station, take the Kanto-Bus and get off at Sakuradori-Jumonji. The venue is 7 minute walk from there. | ||||||
| Phone | 028-621-3566 | ||||||
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