Takesada Matsutani Art
Japanese, b. 1937
Takesada Matsutani is a Japanese avant-garde artist based in Paris and Nishinomiya. Active as a painter since the 1950s, Matsutani's practice has also included object-based sculpture, printmaking and installation. Matsutani was a member of the Gutai Art Association from 1963 until its dissolution in 1972. Gutai leader Jirō Yoshihara prioritized artistic innovation and originality, a lesson that has remained with the artist throughout his career.
Since 1961, Matsutani has used wood glue, what was then a newly available material in post-war Japan, to create organic forms on the surface of the canvas. Fascinated by the variety of evocative shapes that revealed themselves through his manipulation of the glue mixed with paint, the artist regularly returned to these biomorphic forms across a variety of mediums and styles, even adapting them to the context of hard-edge painting in the 1970s.
After receiving a scholarship to study for six months in Paris in 1966, Matsutani chose to settle there permanently. Throughout the late 1960s and 1970s, he worked primarily as a printmaker. Since the late 1970s, in parallel to his painting practice, Matsutani has been using graphite and paper as the base for large-scale installations, entitled Streams. These works, finalized by a performance of the artist in situ, explore time, energy and transformation in muted tones of black and white.
Matsutani's works are represented in a large number of art museums and collections around the world. In 2002 the artist, who has lived a large part of his childhood in Nishinomiya, received the Nishinomiya City Cultural Award.(Biography provided by WOLFS)
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Artist: Takesada Matsutani
Fly
By Takesada Matsutani
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Takesada Matsutani
Title: Fly
Medium: Screenprint
Signed: Hand Signed
Edition: AP
Measurements: 23" x 28.5"
Year: 1971
Note: This piece is sold UNFRAMED
Condition: Exc...
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1970s Abstract Takesada Matsutani Art
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Screen
Propagation-L, mid century figurative abstract screenprint, 20th century artist
By Takesada Matsutani
Located in Beachwood, OH
Takesada Matsutani (Japanese, b. 1937)
Propagation-L, 1971
Screenprint in colors
Edition 51/75
28 x 27 inches
28.25 x 27.25 inches, framed
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Town
By Takesada Matsutani
Located in Hollywood, FL
This isa screen print hand signed by Takesada Matsutani and numbered 10/30.
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1960s Abstract Takesada Matsutani Art
Materials
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The Beach, Geometric Abstract Aquatint Etching by Takesada Matsutani
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An original etching by Takesada Matsutani, a Japanese contemporary mixed-media artist who was a member of the Gutai group from 1963 to the dissolution of the group in 1972. The print...
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PROPAGATION
By Takesada Matsutani
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Takesada Matsutani
Propagation - 1971
Print - Silkscreen print on Somerset Paper
24'' x 19'' inches
Edition: Signed in pencil, titled, dated and marked 1/75
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1970s Abstract Takesada Matsutani Art
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Screen
The Curve 1971
By Takesada Matsutani
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Takesada Matsutani
The Curve - 1971
Paper Size 27" x 27.25''in.
Image Size 23" x 23" in.
Edition: Signed in pencil, titled, dated and marked 1/75
A contemporary Japanese painter, sculptor and printmaker, Takesada Matsutani has been exhibiting his abstract art in major exhibitions in Europe, America and Japan since the early 1960's. Some of the most important printmaking exhibitions his art has been featured include the 1986 exhibition at the Musee de Louvain-la-Neuve, France (along with Chillida, Tapies, Miro and others) and the 1987 showing at the Galerie Eugen Lendl, in Graz. As well, a Matsutani lithograph was awarded a Bronze Prize at the Osaka Triennale in 1990.
Many galleries around the world include Matsutani's original art in their permanent collections, including: The Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, the Museum of Art, Lodz, the Museum of Contemporary Arts, Helsinki, and the National Gallery of...
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1980s Takesada Matsutani Art
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Screen
Gutai Object, Paris Period by Takesada Matsutani
By Takesada Matsutani
Located in Soquel, CA
Gutai Object, Paris Period by Takesada Matsutani
Important organic abstraction in polyvinyl acetate adhesive on vinyl by Takesada Matsutani (Japanese, b. 1937). Titled "Objct" on verso. Signed and dated (1983) on verso with "Japan, Paris, S.F" delinated. Unframed. Image size: 47"H x 37"W. x 3"D
Condition: Good: some bending and creasing to thinner edge areas top center and all corners, vinyl on lower right corner and under signature. One image shows a patch of vinyl tape, this is the artists access port for adding air under the acrylic glue to pump up the area. We will mount on Sturdy foam core and make the conservation minor fixes to the vinyl layers prior to shipping.
From the early sixties to the early seventies, Matsutani was a key member of the ‘second generation’ of the Gutai Art...
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1980s Post-Modern Takesada Matsutani Art
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Laminate, Graphite, Other Medium
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