Ryuji Tanaka
By: editor: Boris Vervoordt ; texts: Alexandre Carel, Shoichi Hirai, Koichi Kawasaki, Axel Vervoordt ; translation from Japanese: Christopher Stephens
Publisher: Axel Vervoordt Gallery; AsaMER, an imprint of MER. Paper Kunsthalle
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Gent
Language: eng
Translated from: jpn
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9789492321275
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Exhibitions
Description: Ryuji Tanaka's (1927 - 2014, Japan) work is rooted in the Japanese tradition of nihon-ga, marked by flat spatial expressions lacking in physical depth, fixed motifs and natural pigments dissolved in animal glue applied to paper or silk. At the same time, his work also matches the ideologies of two avant-garde groups of postwar Japanese art: the Pan-real Art Association and Gutai. The first actively introduced Western avant-garde expressions within the Japanese tradition. This is especially visible in the surrealistic works of Tanaka. In a later stage, his works evolve towards abstraction, when Tanaka becomes part of Gutai. This publication comes out on the occasion of the exhibition Ryuji Tanaka, which runs from March 10th till April 30th of 2016 at the Axel Vervoordt Gallery.
Notes: On double leaves, oriental style.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Axel Vervoordt Gallery, March 10-April 30, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references (page 144).