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中誠2018年秋季拍賣「現代與當代藝術」
TSUYOSHI MAEKAWA (b.1936)
1991
53.7x46cm
Estimate
TWD 400,000-580,000USD 12,900-18,600
HKD 101,000-147,000
Hammer Price
TWD 456,000USD 14,805
HKD 116,327
Tsuyoshi Maekawa was born in Osaka, Japan in 1936. He joined the Gutai art movement in 1962, along with Shuji Mukai and Takesada Matsutani they called themselves the “3M.” Since 1960s, Maekawa was captivated by drawing and using other material. He is skilled in creating texture, his earlier works were pure two-dimensional drawings. He is most renowned for using burlaps (a textile used to make jute rice bags) placed onto a canvas, and then cut, sewn and folded. The colored enamel paint were then poured/splashed/dyed over the textured surface, producing an abstract image. His works were sometimes identified as sawn burlaps mountain sceneries, hidden within his works are characteristics derived from the traditional Lin Pai Landscape art style. In recent years of art practice, his creative techniques have flourished, the dynamic texture of uneven ripples still exists in his later works. Recent exhibitions include, “Tsuyoshi Maekawa – Energy Extortionist” (2015, Hong Kong, Whitestone Gallery); “Tsuyoshi Maekawa- The Strength of Matter” (2017, Taipei, Whitestone Gallery).