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Takeshi Kawashima Serigraph

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Serigraph by Japanese born, New York based, Takeshi Kawashima. Variation on abstract forms in orange and blue. Artist signed, titled and numbered in pencil bottom right and left: 23/40 "Red on Blue and Purple," no date, circa 1965. Detailed Dimensions: Overall: 24.75"w 31.5"ht; Printed image: 19.75"w 26"ht; Mat window: 20.25"w 27"ht; Each blue square: 6"sq Vibrant, colorful matrix of abstracted imagery extrapolates the thoughtful color studies of Joseph Albers into hyper optic color and serial imagery. Characteristic of Kawashima's work, there is a limited palette of highly contrasting hues together with subtly varied versions of the same color organized into an architectural grid. Against the subtle color/grid scheme, he formulates a disciplined but sexually charged series of variations on anatomical, sexually suggestive, biomorphic forms This consistent strategy has yielded a body of work consisting of a multitude of architectural grids charged with sexual energy and optical vibrance. Kawashima's subversive formalism resonates with more contemporary works which abstract pop imagery, render biomorphic forms in hard edged syntax and deploy bold color across computer generated landscapes. Like Noguchi, Kawashima established a singular language in his synthesis of Japanese formalism with Western abstract art. As Mark Johnson and Sahron Spain describe in the catalogue for the exhibition Asian/American/Modern Art Shifting Currents, 1900-1970-a show which traveled from the DeYoung in San Francisco to The Noguchi Museum in Long Island in 2009: "These forms can be related to traditional Japanese family crests, known as "mon," which are symbols-commonly of flowers, trees, plants, and birds-contained within circular designs. Like "mon," the symbols here are often bilaterally symmetrical. However, instead of easily recognizable imagery, they are a sort of Rorschach test of abstracted samples derived from nature and anatomy." Takeshi Kawashima Biography: Born in 1930 in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. Enrolled at Musashino Art School, Tokyo, 1953-58. Taught at Yoyogi Art School, Tokyo, 1955-1958. Exhibited with Yomiuri Independents, Tokyo, 1961-63; Lives in New York. Arrived in New York in 1963 where he attended the Arts Students League. Kawashima, better known in Japan than in the United States, still made a lasting impact on US art scene with large red and black triptych mural measuring one hundred inches wide and 80 inches tall and featured in the important 1965 exhibition New Japanese Painting and Sculpture which toured the US for two years. The center panel was later purchased by the New York Museum of Modern Art, the other panels purchased by prominent collectors Mr and Mrs. Samuel J. Zack of Toronto, and Mr. and Mrs Frederick R. Weisman of Beverly Hills. Artspace Company Website Kawashima Bio/Description: "Takeshi Kawashima is an established Japanese born artist who now resides in New York City. His installations can be seen in public and private spaces and corporate collections in Japan and the United States. His colorful upbeat art celebrates life with bold, organic painted forms, reliefs and sculptures." Education 1956: Studied at Musashino University of Art, Tokyo, Japan 1956-66: Studied at The Art Students League, New York, New York Scholarships Awards 1967 Silvermine Prize, 18th Ann New Exhibition, New Cannaan, Connecticut 1966 Granted a Board of Control Scholarship 1965 Granted a Scholarship by The Daniel Schnakenberg" Literature Press 2006 Art Review in the New York Times; New Japanese Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, 1966, pp.76-7, color plate pp.20. Asian/American/Modern Art Shifting Currents 1900-1970, ed. Cornell; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco/University of California Press, pp.142, color plate pp.143; 2007 Review of Exhibitions in Art in America Magazine; Selected Solo Exhibitions 2008: Gallery Shimada, Kobe, Japan; The Howard Plaza Hotel Taipei Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan; Art Now Fair NY/ Artspace Company Y, NY 2007: Art Now Fair Miami; Artspace Company Y, Florida; Yamaso Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan; Red Dot Show/ Artspace Company Y, New York, New York; Miura Art Village - Miura Museum of Art, Matsuyama, Japan 2006: Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, New York 2005: Gallery Shimada, Kobe, Japan (1996,1998, 2001) 2003: Yamaso Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan(1990, 1993, 1996, 2001) 2002: The 2nd Retrospective Exhibition, Kagawa Prefectural Culture Musium, Takamatsu, Japan 1999: Yamaso Art Gallery, Kyoto, Japan - Paintings, Clay and Metal Works 1998: Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, New York - Paintings 1995: Haenah-Kent Gallery, New York, New York - Stone Reliefs, Paintings 1992: Magna Gallery, New York, New York - Paintings, Watercolors, Prints: JAL Gallery, New York, New York - Mono Prints, Watercolors 1989: Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan - Paintings 1988: Gallery International 57, New York, New York - Paintings, Sculptures, Prints 1984: Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan - Paintings, Stone Reliefs, Prints 1978: Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan - Stone Sculptures 1975: Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan - Paintings 1973: Lantern Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan - Three Dimensional Aluminum Sculptures 1972: Waddell Gallery, New York, New York - Stone Sculptures 1971: Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan - Paintings, Prints: Rasjad Hopkins Gallery, Los Angeles, California - Paintings, Reliefs, Prints 1969: Waddell Gallery, New York, New York - Three Dimensional Plastic Sculptures 1968: London Arts Gallery, Detroit, Michigan - Paintings, Prints 1967: Waddell Gallery, New York, New York - Paintings: Flair Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio - Paintings 1958-1961: Muramatsu Gallery Tokyo. Selected Group Shows: 2011: Norton Simon Museum: Surface Truth: Abstract painting in the Sixties including Larry Bell, Thomas Downing, Helen Frankentaler, Takeshi Kawashima, Kenneth Noland and Jack Youngerman. 2010: The Art Students League's Phyliss Harriman Mason Gallery, Will Barnet and the Art Student's League. Selected Public Collections: 2000: Okazaki Mindscape Museum, Okazaki, Stone Sculpture: Unity Vs Tension , 1978 1999: Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima: Painting: N.Y. 73 - J. T. 5, 1973 1989: Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art , Toyama: Painting: Night Train - I Love You, You Love Me, 1988; Ohara Museum of Art , Kurashiki, Painting, Dream Land - Space Odyssey, 1989 1988: Tokushima Prefectural Museum of Modern Art , Tokushima, Painting : Dance, 1983 1987: Ohara Museum of Art , Kurashiki: Painting : N.Y. 73 J. T. 7, 1968 - 73; Takamatsu City Museum of Art , Takamatsu Painting: N.Y. 1977 - J.T. 29 1986: Tokushima Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Tokushima, Painting: N. Y. - D. T. 10 - 1966 1985: Takamatsu City Museum of Art , Takamatsu, Painting: N.Y. - D.T. 1965; Frederick R.Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles: 3 Stone Sculptures, Love - 5 (Venus), Eden, Love - I 1984: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art , Tokyo, Painting: J. T. M. H. - No. 55, Skyscraper New York; Ohara Museum of Art, Kurashiki, Painting: J.T.M.H. - No.54, Skyscraper New York 1976: The Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Oil on Canvas: Untitled; Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art , Kyoto, Painting: N.Y.- J.T.17 1971: Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Takamatsu, Painting : N. Y. 1968 - Red and Blue; Kagawa Prefectural Cultural Museum, Takamatsu, Paintings : N.Y. 1966 - 2004 - Yellow on White &; N.Y. - D.T. 67, 1996 - Black and White 1970: The State University College of Arts and Science, Potsdam, New York, Paintings, sculptures, reliefs and prints, donated by artist 1969: Roland Gibson Collection - The State University, Potsdam, New York, Painting, fiberglass relief and print 1968: Kutztown State College, Pennsylvania: Tokyo National Museum of Art , Tokyo, Paintings: N.Y. 1967 - 583 - Red and Blue, N.Y. 1967 - Blue and Red donated by Artist 1967: Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia: Housatonic Community College Museum of Art, Connecticut, Painting: N.Y. 56 - Red and Black Untitled, Donated by Artist 1965: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, Painting: N.Y. 1964 - Red and Black; Museum of Modern Art, Kyobashi; National Museum, Tokyo. 1964 : The Larry Aldrich Museum, Connecticut; Painting, New Symbolism - Red and Black; Chrysler Art Museum, Massachusetts, Painting: N.Y. 1965 - Red and Black 1963: Mural commission for Agricultural Hall, Takamatsu.

Creator:
Takeshi Kawashima (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 31.5 in (80.01 cm)Width: 24.75 in (62.87 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
Style:
Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Paper
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
1960-1969
Date of Manufacture:
Circa 1965
Condition:
Colors are vibrant, no fading, sheet is clean. Print has been in storage out of light. Newly framed here. Please see other items in inventory to gauge quality control and identify dealer.
Seller Location:
San Francisco, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU8615818406

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