Matsuzawa Yutaka ΨDead Body, ΨRemains, 1964, 23.5 x 15.7 cm
BIOGRAPHY
Matsuzawa Yutaka 松澤 宥
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 |
| Begin with Vanishment, MISA SHIN GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2013 | Anti-Academy, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK |
| Rereading Yutaka Matsuzawa, Museum Haus Kasuya, Yokosuka, Japan | |
| Antigravity, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota, Japan | |
| 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 |
| Sculpture In So Many Words: Text Pieces 1960-75, ZieherSmith, New York, USA | |
| 2010 | Tracks of Art, Chino City Museum of Art, Chino, Japan |
| Der erste Impuls – Skizzen – Zeichnungen – 1958 – 2010, Brigitte March International Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany | |
| 2009 | Silent, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan |
| 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 |
| Into the Atomic Sunshine – Post War Art under Japanese Peace, The Puffin Room, New York, USA |
EXHIBITIONS
Begin with Vanishment
MATSUZAWA Yutaka
Apr 24 – Jun 14, 2014