Matsuzawa Yutaka ΨDead Body, ΨRemains, 1964, 23.5 x 15.7 cm
松澤宥 Matsuzawa Yutaka
1922年2月2日長野県諏訪郡下諏訪町生まれ。1946年、早稲田大学理工学部建築科卒業。ほどなく下諏訪に戻り、49年詩集「地上の不滅」刊行。52年、美術文化協会１２回展に初出展。55年、フルブライト留学生として米国に学ぶ。58年、第10回読売アンデパンダン展に出展「唯心論シリーズ」を出展。以降、63年まで毎年出展。64年6月1日深夜、「オブジェを消せ」という啓示を受け、概念芸術家としての活動を始める。76年、ベニス・ビエンナーレ、77年サンパウロ・ビエンナーレをはじめ海外での発表を多数行い、欧米にもその名を知られる。00年以降、斉藤記念川口現代美術館、東京国立近代美術館、豊田美術館など国内での展覧会にも参加。06年10月15日、郷里の長野県下諏訪で84歳の生涯を閉じる。
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EXHIBITIONS
Begin with Vanishment
MATSUZAWA Yutaka
April 24 – June 14, 2014
BIOGRAPHY
Born at 2.00am on February 2, 1922 in Nagano prefecture, Japan
Died on October 15, 2006 in Nagano prefecture, Japan
Education
1956-57 Studied contemporary art and philosophy of religion at Columbia University, New York, USA
1955 Fulbright exchange professor at Wisconsin State College, Wisconsin, USA
1946 Graduated from Department of Architecture in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Exhibitions and Performances
2017 From Nirvana to Catastrophe: Matsuzawa Yutaka and his ‘Commune in Imaginary Space, OTA FINE ARTS, Tokyo, Japan
2016 Aru Hyogen, Chino City Museum of Art, Nagano, Japan
2015 Under Seabed Mandala, Brigitte March International Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany
2014 Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan
2014 Begin with Vanishment, MISA SHIN GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2013 Anti-Academy, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK
2013 Rereading Yutaka Matsuzawa, Museum Haus Kasuya, Yokosuka, Japan
2013 Antigravity, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota, Japan
2013 Beyond Corrupted Eye Akumulatory 2 Gallery, 1972-1990, Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Krakow, Poland
2012 Capturing time, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
2011 The Concept Sublime: 35 Years Brigitte March Gallery, Brigitte March International Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany
2011 Sculpture In So Many Words: Text Pieces 1960-75, ZieherSmith, New York, USA
2010 Tracks of Art, Chino City Museum of Art, Chino, Japan
2010 Der erste Impuls – Skizzen – Zeichnungen – 1958 – 2010, Brigitte March International Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany
2009 Silent, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
2009 Hommage à Yutaka Matsuzawa – Installation / Joseph Kosuth – Installation, Brigitte March International Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany
2008 PERFORMING THE CITY – Kunst Aktionismus im Stadt Raum 60er und 70er jahre – Lothringer13, Städtische Kunsthalle München, Munich, Germany
2008 Into the Atomic Sunshine – Post War Art under Japanese Peace, The Puffin Room, New York, USA