Sadamasa MOTONAGA - The Fluffy World

June 3 Wed. - June 13 Sat. 2015
GALLERY OPEN ON ALL DAYS


Toki-no-Wasuremono introduces thirty prints by Sadamasa MOTONAGA, one of the central members of the Gutai movement.

Motonaga was a member of the Gutai Art Association, led by Jiro Yoshihara, from 1955 to 1971. Inspired by Yoshihara’s motto, “Don’t imitate others, create what has never been done before,” Motonaga engaged in a variety of experimental works. His early works include installations of suspended polyethylene bags filled with water and ink, and enamel paintings on stone surfaces. In later paintings, he used a traditional technique from Nihonga, tarashikomi, to create fluid compositions in vivid colors. In the context of Art Informel, which had taken over the world back then, Motonaga almost instantly gained broader recognition. Since the 1970s, Motonaga began to focus on printmaking, and he subsequently produced a large number of silkscreens.

Sadamasa MOTONAGA (1922-2011)
Born 1922 in Mie Prefecture, Motonaga attended Ueno Commercial High School in Iga. After graduation, he moved to Osaka to become a Manga artist. From 1955, he participated in the Gutai Art Association under the mentorship of Jiro Yoshihara. In 1964, Motonaga received the Japanese Art Academy Award (Nitten), and in 1966 was invited to New York for the residency program of the Japan Society. He extensively traveled Europe in the following year, and then returned to Japan. Motonaga proceeded to become one of Japan’s representative abstract painters, winning the Grand Prix of Japanese Arts, and the Grand Prix of the Seoul International Print Biennale, both in 1983. He was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 1988, and exhibited at the Venice Biennale of 1993. In 1997, Motonaga received the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class. He passed away in 2011 at the age of 88.


"Sadamasa MOTONAGA - The Fluffy World" works list  2015.6.3 (Wed) - 6.13 (Sat)
Because of spatial restrictions, we cannot display all works but will have all of them available for viewing. Please contact us for a comprehensive price list (include the subject, your name, and contact address). Email: info@tokinowasuremono.com
No.
Image
Title
Date
Medium
Measurement
Edition
Sign
1
In the Orange
1977 Silkscreen Image size: 47.0x61.0cm
Sheet size: 50.0x65.0cm
100 Signed
2
Red Rectangle Emanating Light
1984 Silkscreen Image size: 66.0x46.0cm
Sheet size: 75.2x55.0cm
150 Signed
3
Nobel Prize Homage: Yukawa
1983 Silkscreen Image size: 65.7x46.0cm
Sheet size: 76.0x56.0cm
100 Signed
4
Nobel Prize Homage: Sato
1983 Silkscreen Image size: 66.0x46.0cm
Sheet size: 75.8x55.7cm
100 Signed
5
Nobel Prize Homage: Tomonaga
1983 Silkscreen Image size: 66.0x46.0cm
Sheet size: 75.5x55.5cm
100 Signed
6
Nobel Prize Homage: Kawabata
1983 Silkscreen Image size: 46.0x66.0cm
Sheet size: 56.0x76.0cm
100 Signed
7
Nobel Prize Homage: Fukui
1983 Silkscreen Image size: 45.8x66.0cm
Sheet size: 56.0x76.0cm
100 Signed
8
Heap of Color Balls
1984 Silkscreen Image size: 66.0x46.0cm
Sheet size: 75.0x55.0cm
150 Signed
9
Iiroro
1977 Silkscreen Image size: 47.0x61.0cm
Sheet size: 50.0x65.0cm
100 Signed
10
Funyara Kunyara
1979 Silkscreen Image size: 43.0x95.0cm
Sheet size: 50.0x104.0cm
85 Signed
11
Triangle
1979 Silkscreen Image size: 95.0x43.0cm
Sheet size: 104.0x50.0cm
85 Signed
12
Right, Left
1979 Silkscreen Image size: 95.0x43.0cm
Sheet size: 104.0x50.0cm
85 Signed
13
Floating Two
1979 Silkscreen Image size: 43.0x95.0cm
Sheet size: 50.0x104.0cm
85 Signed
14
Short Orange in the Center
1984 Silkscreen Image size: 46.0x66.0cm
Sheet size: 55.0x75.0cm
150 Signed
15
Green Notch in the Left Side Up
1984 Silkscreen Image size: 45.0x65.0cm
Sheet size: 55.0x75.2cm
150 Signed
16
Also Mathematical Formula
1984 Silkscreen Image size: 46.0x66.0cm
Sheet size: 55.5x75.0cm
150 Signed
17
Notch (Gizagiza)
1979 Silkscreen Image size: 60.0x45.0cm
Sheet size: 65.5x50.0cm
150 Signed
18
Folding, Folding, Bending
1979 Silkscreen Image size: 45.0x60.0cm
Sheet size: 50.0x65.5cm
150 Signed
19
Papapipipu
1979 Silkscreen Image size: 45.0x60.0cm
Sheet size: 50.0x65.5cm
150 Signed
20
Seems Like a Dragonfly
1979 Silkscreen Image size: 60.0x45.0cm
Sheet size: 65.5x50.0cm
150 Signed
21
From White Lines
1979 Silkscreen Image size: 45.0x60.0cm
Sheet size: 50.0x65.0cm
150 Signed
22
Topside Up
1984 Silkscreen Image size: 27.5x40.0cm
Sheet size: 44.5x59.5cm
150 Signed
23
Stretching White
1981 Silkscreen Image size: 36.0x57.0cm
Sheet size: 45.0x65.3cm
150 Signed
24
Mesh of White Lines
1981 Silkscreen Image size: 55.0x38.0cm
Sheet size: 65.5x45.0cm
150 Signed
25
Green Circle Is
1979 Silkscreen Image size: 47.0x33.0cm
Sheet size: 59.0x45.5cm
170 Signed
26
Red, White, Black
1979 Silkscreen Image size: 33.0x46.7cm
Sheet size: 45.0x59.0cm
170 Signed
27
Triangle, Square, Ellipse
1981 Silkscreen Image size: 36.0x57.0cm
Sheet size: 45.0x65.0cm
150 Signed
28
Three Shapes
1979 Silkscreen Image size: 33.0x47.0cm
Sheet size: 45.5x59.0cm
170 Signed
29
Orange Shape
1979 Silkscreen Image size: 33.0x47.0cm
Sheet size: 45.5x59.5cm
170 Signed
30
Green at First
1979 Silkscreen Image size: 31.0x45.0cm
Sheet size: 45.5x59.0cm
170 Signed
31
Triangle Square
1984 Silkscreen Image size: 33.0x23.0cm
Sheet size: 42.0x31.0cm
250 Signed
32
Like a W
1984 Silkscreen Image size: 21.0x35.0cm
Sheet size: 31.0x42.0cm
250 Signed
33
Two Side-by-Side
1984 Silkscreen Image size: 21.0x35.0cm
Sheet size: 31.0x41.8cm
250 Signed
34
A Stride
1979 Silkscreen Image size: 27.5x22.0cm
Sheet size: 38.0x31.7cm
350 Signed
35
Folding Green
1979 Silkscreen Image size: 27.5x22.0cm
Sheet size: 38.0x32.0cm
350 Signed
36
One, Two, Three
1979 Silkscreen Image size: 21.5x27.5cm
Sheet size: 31.5x38.0cm
350 Signed
37
On the Right Track
1988 Silkscreen Image size: 18.0x25.0cm
Sheet size: 26.8x34.0cm
200 Signed
38
Red Shape With White Light
1981 Silkscreen Image size: 10.0x10.0cm
Sheet size: 15.0x15.0cm
500 Signed
39
From the Notched Pink
1984 Silkscreen Image size: 14.0x10.0cm
Sheet size: 25.0x18.5cm
500 Signed
40
Round, Round, and Round
1984 Silkscreen Image size: 10.0x15.0cm
Sheet size: 18.5x24.8cm
500 Signed
41
Red and Green Facing Each Other
1984 Silkscreen Image size: 10.0x10.0cm
Sheet size: 24.9x18.5cm
500 Signed
42
Two on the Red Square
1984 Silkscreen Image size: 10.0x10.0cm
Sheet size: 24.9x18.5cm
500 Signed
43
Green Triangle, Circle, and Square
1984 Silkscreen Image size: 10.0x10.0cm
Sheet size: 24.9x18.5cm
500 Signed
44
Yellow and Red
1981 Silkscreen Image size: 9.8x15.0cm
Sheet size: 12.0x17.0cm
1000 Signed
45
Yellow Triangle
1981 Silkscreen Image size: 10.0x10.0cm
Sheet size: 15.0x15.0cm
500 Signed
46
Two Red Lines
1981 Silkscreen Image size: 10.0x10.0cm
Sheet size: 15.0x15.0cm
500 Signed
47
From a Purple Triangle
1981 Silkscreen Image size: 10.0x10.0cm
Sheet size: 15.0x15.0cm
150 Signed
48
Green Curtain
1979 Silkscreen Image size: 10.0x9.5cm
Sheet size: 15.0x15.0cm
250 Signed
49
Red Shape
1979 Silkscreen Image size: 10.0x10.0cm
Sheet size: 15.0x15.0cm
250 Signed
50
Pink Square
1979 Silkscreen Image size: 10.0x10.0cm
Sheet size: 15.0x15.0cm
250 Signed

 

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