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Collection Exhibition - Memorial: Ikuko Takahata
Kariya City Art Museum
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Ikuko Takahata
In memory of Ikuko Takahata, a Japanese-style painter associated with her hometown who passed away in January 2023, a special exhibition will be held to retrace her painting career.
Born in Chiba Prefecture in 1929, Takahata moved to Toyohashi City when she was 10 months old and studied watercolor painting under her art teacher Shinichi Ishikawa while attending Toyohashi Municipal High School for Girls (now Toyohashi Higashi High School). In 1951, she was selected for the first time at the Exhibition of New Works, and since then, she continued to exhibit her works mainly at the same exhibition and at the Soga-kai (Society for the Creation of New Works). In his early years, his paintings were influenced by Western painting such as cubism, but in 1974, he visited India and Sri Lanka and was struck by their culture, which caused him to change his style. He established his own style of expression by depicting the people of India and other Asian countries and their religious worlds in vivid vermilion and mandala-like precision. From the mid-1980s, he continued to break new ground by shifting his theme to Buddhism, which is integrated into folk beliefs such as the pilgrimage of pilgrims to pilgrimage sites in Japan. In addition to these activities, he contributed to promoting local art by opening a painting school with Nakamura and Hoshino and investing his funds to organize the "Triennale Toyohashi" to discover and nurture young artists.
This exhibition features seven works from the museum's collection, from his early to late years, and introduces the profound world of prayer that Takahata continued to pursue.
Born in Chiba Prefecture in 1929, Takahata moved to Toyohashi City when she was 10 months old and studied watercolor painting under her art teacher Shinichi Ishikawa while attending Toyohashi Municipal High School for Girls (now Toyohashi Higashi High School). In 1951, she was selected for the first time at the Exhibition of New Works, and since then, she continued to exhibit her works mainly at the same exhibition and at the Soga-kai (Society for the Creation of New Works). In his early years, his paintings were influenced by Western painting such as cubism, but in 1974, he visited India and Sri Lanka and was struck by their culture, which caused him to change his style. He established his own style of expression by depicting the people of India and other Asian countries and their religious worlds in vivid vermilion and mandala-like precision. From the mid-1980s, he continued to break new ground by shifting his theme to Buddhism, which is integrated into folk beliefs such as the pilgrimage of pilgrims to pilgrimage sites in Japan. In addition to these activities, he contributed to promoting local art by opening a painting school with Nakamura and Hoshino and investing his funds to organize the "Triennale Toyohashi" to discover and nurture young artists.
This exhibition features seven works from the museum's collection, from his early to late years, and introduces the profound world of prayer that Takahata continued to pursue.
Schedule | Jun 22 (Thu) 2023-Jul 23 (Sun) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://www.city.kariya.lg.jp/museum/exhibition/1012720/1012728.html | ||||
| Venue | Kariya City Art Museum | ||||
| Location | 4-5 Sumiyoshicho, Kariya-shi, Aichi 448-0852 | ||||
| Access | 10 minute walk from the South exit of Kariya Station on the JR Tokaido Main or Mikawa line, 13 minute walk from Kariyashi Station on the Mikawa line. | ||||
| Phone | 0566-23-1636 | ||||
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