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Sadamasa Motonaga - Represented by Art-U room
( Japan, 1922 - present )

 

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Artist: Sadamasa Motonaga ( Japan, 1922 - present ) -
 
Main Category: Painting
Genres: Performance Art, Abstract Expressionism, Contemporary Asian Art
 
Biography: 1922 Born in Mie prefecture
1940 Entered an art school in Nakanoshima, Osaka
1955 Became a member of Gutai Art Association founded by Jiro Yoshihara. Participated in the First Gutai Art Exhibitionin Tokyo.
1956 Life Magazine covered the activities by the Gutai group.
1957 Michel Tapie visited Japan.
1958 The Gutai Group Exhibition, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York,etc.
1959 His works were purchased at XI Premio Lissone internazionale par la pittura,Torino
1961 Solo exhibition in Gallery Tokyo and Kyoto Municipal Museum.VI Premio Lissone internazionale par la pittura, Lissone
1960 Through the introduction of Michel Tapie, Made a contract with Martha Jackson Gallery, NewYork
1962 Gutai Pinacotheca was founded by Jiro Yoshihara in Nakanoshima,Osaka.
1964 Contemporary Japanese Paintings, Corocoran Gallery of Art, WashingtonDC
1965 The New Japanese Paintings and Sculpture ,Museum of Modern Art,NewYork,etc.
1966-68 Japan Art Festival
1968 Triennale in India
1969 Contemporary World Art Exhibition, National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo
1971 XContemporaryJapaneseArtExhibition
1973 JapaneseContemporaryPaintings,India,Singapore
1980 Two-personshowwithJiroTakamatsu, NationalMuseumofArt,Osaka
1984 Two-person show with Kazuo Shiraga, Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
1985 The World of Sadamasa Motonaga, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Hyogo
1988 Relation Through Art Tailand-Japan-Germany, Bangkok National Gallery, Tailand
1989 Yamamura Collection, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
1990 Giappone all'Avanguardia-IlGruppo Gutai Cinquanta, National Museum of Modern Art, Roma

 

 

 
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