Masatoshi Masanobu
By: editors, Boris Vervoordt, Annelien De Troij ; text, Koichi Kawasaki, Tsukasa Ikegami, Ming Tiampo, Axel Vervoordt
Contributors: Axel Vervoordt (Gallery); Axel Vervoordt (Gallery : Hong Kong, China)
Publisher: Axel Vervoordt Gallery; MER. Paper Kunsthalle
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Wijnegem, Antwerp]; Ghent
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9789492321558
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Exhibitions; Gutai Bijutsu Kyōkai
Description: Masatoshi Masanobu was born in 1911 in Suzuki City, the Prefecture of Kochi, Japan. He was a member of the Gutai movement, although his work is not as conspicuous as that of the other Gutai members, nor did he make any historic performances or paintings that stood at the forefront of the era. But in fact he was not any less radical than the rest of the group. Masanobu was a rather orthodox Japanese painter, who tried to make a living as an artist while supporting himself as an art teacher. His creative approach appears much more idiosyncratic to younger viewers than the artist could ever have imagined. The proof lies in his early abstract paintings. In his essay in this book the author Kaichi Kawasaki discusses Masanobu's works and his involvement with Gutai, which grew out of a meeting with Jiro Yoshihara after the war.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium, 2 February-4 March 2017, and at Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Hong Kong, 15 November 2017-10 February 2018.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-217).