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May 18, 2023
Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation

ABSTRACTION
The Genesis and Evolution of Abstract Painting
Cézanne, Fauvism, Cubism and on to Today

June 3 [Sat.] - August 20 [Sun.], 2023
*The composition of the exhibition and the captions for the works on display have been changed

František KUPKA, Study on Red Ground, c. 1919, ArtizonMuseum, Ishibashi Foundation [Recent acquisitions]

Wassily KANDINSKY, Study for Panel for

Edwin R. Campbell No.4 (Carnival, Winter),
1914, The Miyagi Museum of Art

The Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation (Director: Ishibashi Hiroshi), presents ABSTRACTION:
The Genesis and Evolution of Abstract Painting Cézanne, Fauvism, Cubism and on to Today.
From the late nineteenth century to the outbreak of World War I, France enjoyed aperiod of peace and prosperity. The lively, free spirit of that Belle Époque spurred artistic
creativity. Fauvism, Cubism, and other new art forms blossomed, and those developments led tothe birth of abstract painting, one outcome of stylistic evolution in painting. The subsequentevolution of Abstraction drove artistic expression in the twentieth-century art world in a dynamicwave that reached Japan during the same period.
This exhibition starts with Impressionism and continues through the revolutionary
movements in painting at the start of the twentieth century and the birth of abstract painting. It
then traces the development of Abstraction through two World Wars and beyond, up to the1960s, showcasing movements in Europe, primarily in France, and in America and Japan.
The exhibits include about 150 works from the Ishibashi Foundation Collection, 95 ofwhich are recent acquisitions. * They also include around 100 works on loan from private
collections and museums both inside and outside Japan. The approximately 250 works ondisplay will fill all of the Artizon Museum’s galleries.
*Recent acquisitions are works added to the collection since 2015, when the Artizon Museum’s
predecessor, the Bridgestone Museum of Art, was closed for renovation.
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Exhibition Highlights
1. A Major Exhibition Providing an Overview of the History of Abstract
Painting
The invention of photography in the mid-nineteenth century was followed almost
immediately by the birth of Impressionism. Abstract painting then emerged early in thetwentieth century, amidst a succession of further transformations of the art world. This
exhibition explores the development of Abstraction, one of twentieth-century art!s mostimportant movements, from that beginning through the 1960s. The approximately 250
works on display are from Europe, primarily France, America, and Japan. This large-scale
exhibition will fill all of the Artizon Museum!s galleries.

2. Ninety-five Works Recently Added to the Artizon Museum Collection
The Artizon Museum has made a major effort to collect abstract paintings. Works fromAbstraction!s early period by Kandinsky, Klee, Delaunay, and O!Keefe and other recent
acquisitions will be displayed together in the same gallery. Also shown will be five recentlyacquired examples of Fauvism, the early twentieth century inspiration for Abstraction.

3. Works from Other Museums and Private Collections
More than thirty works from the Pompidou Centre, the Phillips Collection, and otheroverseas museums and private collections will travel to Japan for this exhibition, including
some being shown for the first time in Japan. They will be joined by nearly seventy works onloan from national and private museums and private collections in Japan.

4. Late Masterworks by Hartung, Soulages, Zao Wou-KiHans Hartung, Pierre Soulages, and Zao Wou-Ki were artists responsible for the flourishingof abstract painting in France immediately after World War II. They never gave up their desire
to create new art and continued to work ambitiously throughout their lives. Each of themcontinued to paint until just before their deaths is a little-known fact providing insight into
their passions. This special section is devoted to work that these maestros created late intheir lives.

5. Selected Works by Contemporary Artists
Abstraction flourished during the twentieth century. But how has it been inherited andcarried on today? The final section of this exhibition introduces new works by seven artists
who carry on the Abstraction tradition while pursuing new forms of creative expression. Thissection introduces new works by Rita Ackermann, Anne Kagioka Rigoulet, Lou Zhenggang,
Tsugami Miyuki, Shibata Toshio, Takabatake Yoriko, and Yokomizo Miyuki.

2/５Composition of the Exhibition*The main artists whose work is on display include those named in parentheses.

1．Origins of Abstract Art（Paul CÉZANNE, Édouard MANET, Vincent VAN GOGH, Paul GAUGUIN, Odilon REDON, Claude MONET）

２．Fauvism and Cubism（Henri MATISSE, André DERAIN, Maurice de VLAMINCK, Raoul DUFY, Pablo PICASSO, Georges BRAQUE,
Jean METZINGER, Fernand LÉGER）

３．Genesis of Abstract Painting:Orphism, Futurism, Der Blaue Reiter, Bauhaus, De Stijl, and Abstraction-Création（Robert DELAUNAY, František KUPKA, LE CORBUSIER, Wassily KANDINSKY, Paul KLEE, Piet MONDRIAN,Constantin BRANCUSI, Georgia O'KEEFFE）

４．Roots and Branches of Abstract Painting in Japan（ONCHI Koshiro, YOROZU Tetsugoro, KOGA Harue, HASEGAWA Saburo, OKAMOTO Taro）

５．Hot Abstraction and Lyrical Abstraction（Wols 〈Alfred Otto Wolfgang SCHULZE〉, Jean FAUTRIER, Georges MATHIEU, Maurice ESTÈVE, MariaHelena VIEIRA DA SILVA, Hans HARTUNG, Pierre SOULAGES, ZAO Wou-Ki, DOMOTO Hisao, SUGAI Kumi）

６．Trans-Atlantic: Pierre Matisse and His Surroundings（Jean DUBUFFET, Joan MIRÓ, Marcel DUCHAMP）

７．Abstract Expressionism（Arshile GORKY, Hans HOFMANN, Willem DE KOONING, Jackson POLLOCK, Mark ROTHKO, Sam FRANCIS,Ad REINHARDT, Adolph GOTTLIEB, Elaine DE KOONING, Helen FRANKENTHALER, Lee KRASNER, Joan
MITCHELL, Isamu NOGUCHI）

８．Evolution of Postwar Japanese Abstract Painting (to the 1960s)（YAMAGUCHI Takeo, ONOSATO Toshinobu, KUSAMA Yayoi, KATSURA Yuki、SAITO Yoshishige, KAWABATA
Minoru, SUGIMATA Tadashi, INOKUMA Gen'ichiro, OKADA Kenzo, EI-KYU）

９．Gutai（YOSHIHARA Jiro, SHIRAGA Kazuo, TANAKA Atsuko, KANAYAMA Akira、MURAKAMI Saburo, MOTONAGA
Sadamasa, MASANOBU Masatoshi）

10．Takiguchi Shuzo and Jikken Kobo (Experimental Workshop)（TAKIGUCHI Shuzo, YAMAGUCHI Katsuhiro, FUKUSHIMA Hideko, KITADAI Shozo）

11．Future Paths of Postwar Abstractions: Hans Hartung, Pierre Soulages, and Zao Wou-Ki
12．Contemporary Artists:
Rita Ackermann, Anne Kagioka Rigoulet, Lou Zhenggang, Tsugami Miyuki, Shibata
Toshio, Takabatake Yoriko, and Yokomizo Miyuki
3/５Works on Display

Paul CÉZANNE, Mont Sainte-Victoire andChâteau Noir, c.1904-06, Artizon Museum,Ishibashi Foundation

Robert DELAUNAY, Windows
on the City, 1912, ArtizonMuseum, Ishibashi Foundation【Recent Acquisitions】

Jackson POLLOCK, Untitled(Composition with Vertical
Trapezoid), c.1943, Private
Collection

André DERAIN, Head of a Woman, c.1905,Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation【Recent Acquisitions】

Maurice de VLAMINCK, Symphony in Colours(Flowers), c. 1905-06, Artizon Museum,Ishibashi Foundation【Recent Acquisitions】★
© ADAGP, Paris & JASPAR, Tokyo, 2023 C4125

Fernand LÉGER, Abstract
Composition, 1919, ArtizonMuseum, Ishibashi Foundation

KOGA Harue, Cylindrical Figure,c.1926, Artizon Museum,Ishibashi Foundation

Willem DE KOONING, January,1947-48, Artizon Museum,Ishibashi Foundation【RecentAcquisitions】★
© 2023 The Willem de Kooning
Foundation, New York/ ARS,New York/ JASPAR, Tokyo
C4125

Jean DUBUFFET, Pierre Matisse aDark Portrait, 1947, Centre
Pompidou, Paris Musée nationald'art moderne - Centre decréation industrielle ★
© ADAGP, Paris & JASPAR, Tokyo
2023 C4125
Photo ©Centre Pompidou,
MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-Grand
Palais / Philippe Migeat /distributed by AMF

Georgia O'KEEFFE, Autumn
Leaf II, 1927, Artizon Museum,Ishibashi Foundation【RecentAcquisitions】★
© 2023 The Georgia O’Keeffe
Foundation/ ARS, New York/JASPAR, Tokyo C4125

FUKUSHIMA Hideko, MP, 1950,
Artizon Museum, Ishibashi
Foundation (Deposited Work)© Kazuo Fukushima

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ABSTRACTION
The Genesis and Evolution of Abstract Painting
Cézanne, Fauvism, Cubism and on to Today
Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
Artizon Museum, 6, 5, 4F Galleries
June 3 [Sat] – August 20 [Sun], 2023
10:00 - 18:00 (until 20:00 on Fridays except August 11)*Last entry 30 minutes before closing.
Mondays except July 17, July 18
Timed entry system(Online booking starts from April 4, 2023)
Online ticket: 1,800 yen
In-Person ticket (on sale at museum): 2,000 yen
Students: Free entry (Advance online booking required.)*In-Person tickets are available only for time slots that have not reachedfull capacity.
*Advance booking is not required for children up to junior high school age.

*The exhibition details are subject to change without notice.
Curators:SHIMBATA Yasuhide, SHIMAMOTO Hideaki

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