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Ryuji Tanaka
2016
HC / 146 pages / 31,9 x 24,5 cm
Published by
AsaMER
Language
EN
Authors
Alexandre Carel, Koichi Kawasaki, Shoichi Hirai, Axel Vervoordt
Design
Studio Luc Derycke
Print
Cassochrome, Waregem
ISBN
978 94 9232 127 5
Price
45.00 euros
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.
