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Huang Tu-Shui and His Time: Taiwan's First Western-style Sculptor and the Tokyo Fine Arts School in the Early 20th Century
The University Art Museum - Tokyo University of the Arts
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The sculptor Huang Tu-shui (1895-1930) is known as the first Taiwanese student to study at the Tokyo Fine Arts School. In recent years, he has been increasingly recognized as a sculptor who has given a unique brilliance to modern art in East Asia, and in his home country, his representative work "Water of Immortality" (1919) was designated a national treasure in 2023.
This exhibition will feature around 10 works by Huang, including "Water of Immortality", as well as related materials, on loan from the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts. It will also introduce around 48 works of Western-style painting and sculpture from the Geidai Collection, focusing on the Taisho and early Showa periods when Huang was studying at the Tokyo Fine Arts School.
The exhibition will be introducing a variety of works, including those by Koun Takamura and his son Kotaro, who sought to fuse traditional Japanese sensibilities with modern art, the figures of Morie Ogiwara and Seibo Kitamura, who also displayed a quiet passion like "Water of Immortality" in their work, paintings by Takeji Fujishima and Gentaro Koito, which use urban life as their motif, and a group of self-portrait works by the Taiwanese graduates. The greatest sculptor in Taiwan, Huang Tu-shui, is returning to his alma mater.
This exhibition will feature around 10 works by Huang, including "Water of Immortality", as well as related materials, on loan from the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts. It will also introduce around 48 works of Western-style painting and sculpture from the Geidai Collection, focusing on the Taisho and early Showa periods when Huang was studying at the Tokyo Fine Arts School.
The exhibition will be introducing a variety of works, including those by Koun Takamura and his son Kotaro, who sought to fuse traditional Japanese sensibilities with modern art, the figures of Morie Ogiwara and Seibo Kitamura, who also displayed a quiet passion like "Water of Immortality" in their work, paintings by Takeji Fujishima and Gentaro Koito, which use urban life as their motif, and a group of self-portrait works by the Taiwanese graduates. The greatest sculptor in Taiwan, Huang Tu-shui, is returning to his alma mater.
Schedule | Sep 6 (Fri) 2024-Oct 20 (Sun) 2024 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥900; University Students ¥450; High School Students and Under, Persons with Disability Certificates + 1 Companion free. | ||||
| Website | https://museum.geidai.ac.jp/en/exhibit/2024/09/Huang-Tu-Shui.html | ||||
| Venue | The University Art Museum - Tokyo University of the Arts https://museum.geidai.ac.jp/en/ | ||||
| Location | 12-8 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-8714 | ||||
| Access | 10 minute walk from exit 1 at Nezu Station on the Chiyoda line, 10 minute walk from the Koen exit of JR Ueno Station, 15 minute walk from the Main exit of Keisei Ueno Station on the Keisei line. | ||||
| Phone | 050-5541-8600 (Hello Dial) | ||||
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