'Aguri Uchida: Incarnated Painting as Inselberg'

May 20-June 16

In an exploration of the meaning of human existence and the human body, Aguri Uchida pushes the potential of contemporary nihonga (Japanese-style painting).

This exhibition brings together Uchida’s earlier figurative paintings of the 1970s and ’80s, which express human emotions, with her more abstract works from around 2000 that feature the human body. The focus of the exhibition, however, is her recent large-scale mural-like works that seem to purposely dominate the spaces in which they are displayed.

With around 20 works and 100 drawings, highlights include “Seated Portrait of Ari” (1983) and “drawing” (1998).

Musashino Art University Museum & Library; 1-736 Ogawa-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo. Kokubunji Stn. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (Sat. till 5 p.m.). Free. Closed Sun., holidays. 042-342-6003; mauml.musabi.ac.jp/en

• Twitter
• Facebook
• LinkedIn

LATEST ART STORIES

Yokoyama Kazan: The Edo Period influencer

Since art historian Nobuo Tsuji published"Kiso no Keifu" in 1970 (an English version was released as "Lineage of Eccentrics" in 2012), broad attention has refocused on a number of Edo Period (16...

'Hiroshi Kobatake: Called by Wood'

July 20-Sept. 8 The son of a Western-style painter father and a Japanese-style painter mother, sculptor Hiroshi Kobatake (1935-96) studied at Tokyo University of the Arts. After graduati...

'Insects: Models for Design'

July 19-Nov. 4 Though insects are integral to environments and affect our everyday lives, due to their variety, surprisingly little is known about them. Their vibrant colors, physical fe...