Exhibition/event has ended.
[Image: Kazuo Shiraga, Fuma 1996, Oil on canvas, 76 3/8 x 102 inches (194 x 259.1 cm) © The Estate of Kazuo Shiraga]

Kazuo Shiraga Exhibition

Fergus McCaffrey, Tokyo
Finished

Artists

Kazuo Shiraga
Kazuo Shiraga emerged as one of the most prominent members of the Japanese avant-garde group Gutai with his innovative painting practice, begun in 1954, in which the artist used his feet to paint powerful and energetic abstract forms. Setting a canvas on the floor of his studio, Shiraga suspended his body from a rope hung from the ceiling and applied dynamic, gestural strokes over the canvas’ surface. The artist continued to paint in this manner for the majority of his career, developing an entirely new form while engaging historical techniques of painting with the body rather than with brushes. This exhibition marks the artist’s first solo exhibition in the city in over a decade.

Schedule

Mar 23 (Sat) 2019-May 18 (Sat) 2019 

Opening Hours Information

Hours
11:00-19:00
Closed
Monday, Sunday, Holidays
Notice
Open from April 30th to May 4th. Closed on April 28th, 29th, May 5th and 6th.

Opening Reception Mar 23 (Sat) 2019 18:00 - 20:00

FeeFree
Websitehttp://fergusmccaffrey.com/exhibition/kazuo-shiraga-2/
VenueFergus McCaffrey, Tokyo
http://fergusmccaffrey.com/exhibitions/
Location3-5-9 Kita-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0061
Access3 minute walk from exit A3 at Omotesando Station on the Ginza, Hanzomon and Chiyoda lines. 11 minute walk from exit 5 at Meiji-jingumae Station on the Chiyoda and Fukutoshin lines.
Phone03-6447-2660
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