YUMIKO CHIBA ASSOCIATES
EXHIBITION
EXHIBITION
KAZUYO KINOSHITA, YOKO SAWAI, AND TOEKO TATSUNO: THE 1970S ‒ BEYOND "BARREN"
Kazuyo Kinoshita, Yoko Sawai, and Toeko Tatsuno developed their unique artistic practices in the Japanese postwar period while simultaneously responding to global trends in the Conceptual art and abstract painting movements of the time. After being involved in the avant-garde Group I, Kinoshita went on to use photography and painting to examine the relations between image, perception, and material. Sawai is known for works in which she draws countless parallel lines on paper with a knife and highlights these scratches with carbon chalk. Tatsuno, for her part, explored the nature of multilayered pictorial space through geometric abstraction. These three artists have been the subject of reappraisal in recent years. All three were showcased in the exhibition “Women and Abstraction” at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, in 2023, while the Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka, hosted a retrospective of Kinoshita’s work earlier this year on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of her passing.
VENUE
VENUE
YUMIKO CHIBA ASSOCIATES
- E2
- E4
- Roppongi
Yumiko Chiba Associates was founded in 1988 and operated as an artist management office before opening its Shinjuku gallery in 2010. The gallery moved to its current space in Roppongi in 2022. YCA represents the estates of some of the most important figures in Japanese postwar art, from Jiro Takamatsu to Masafumi Maita, Shin Yanagisawa, and Katsuro Yoshida. The exhibition program features solo shows by these and other artists, including those of younger generations. The gallery also maintains an active publishing program, commissioning critical essays that contribute to art historical research on various practices. In 2022, coinciding with its move to Roppongi, YCA launched the Roppongi ArsCuria hub to further promote artistic and critical discussion. YCA is a regular participant at Art Basel Hong Kong, Paris Photo, and other contemporary art fairs.
