篠田桃紅展 -Enlightenment-
開催期間：2024年11月20日～ 2024年11月25日開催場所：銀座三越 本館7階 ギャラリー
墨を使った新たな表現方法で、世界的に知られる孤高の美術家、篠田桃紅氏（2021年107歳没）。墨象という独自の表現を追い求めてダイナミズムと厳しさを持つ実力の世界に身を投じ、ニューヨークをはじめ国内外で活躍し続けてこられました。レリーフや壁画などの建築物に関わる大作を手掛ける一方、版画や題字、随筆など活動の範囲は多岐に亘り、人々の心を照らし続けています。
本展ではアトリエに残されていた秘蔵の原画や書など、約40点を展観いたします。ぜひご高覧ください。
Toko Shinoda Exhibition
―Enlightenment-
Toko Shinoda, pioneered and explored the distinctive field of abstract expression using sumi ink from the vantage point of avant-garde calligraphy. Born in Dalian, former Manchuria, China, raised in Tokyo. At the age of five, Shinoda was introduced to sumi ink and brushes by her father, who taught her the basics. Through self-study, she went on to perfect the art of calligraphy.
After World War II, she moved to New York when she was 43. Her work garnered much attention and was highly acclaimed at a time when there was mounting enthusiasm for new forms of expression and a resonance between Western abstract art and Japanese avant-garde calligraphy.
After returning to Japan in 1958, Shinoda was involved in architectural works such as ink murals, wall writings and reliefs, and large-scale projects including the fusuma-e painting for the sliding doors in the main hall of Zojoji Temple in Shiba, Tokyo. Her activities also took on many new directions as she worked on lithographs, book covers, title lettering, and essays. In 2005, Shinoda was chosen by Newsweek magazine (Japan edition) as one of the “100 Japanese Who Are Respected Throughout the World” and she continued to work energetically during her later years. Shinoda passed away on March 1, 2021, at the age of 107.
The exhibition will feature around 40pieces of art works including original paintings, calligraphies and lithographs left in her atelier. Please come and visit us.
[Main Collections] Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston,Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Het Kröller-Müller Museum, British Museum, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Conrad Tokyo, The Capitol Hotel Tokyu (Tokyo), Kyoto State Guest House, Zojoji Temple, and others
