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Jiro Takamatsu

たかまつ じろう

Takamatsu Jiro

別名: 新八郎

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1936-02-20 （Tokyo, Japan）
死没
1998-06-25 62歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Tokyo, Japan → Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

経歴

職業
artist, avant-garde artist, painter, sculptor, photographer, filmmaker, art educator
活動期間
1958年〜1998年
所属
Hi-Red Center, Tama Art University (faculty), Tokyo University of the Arts (part-time lecturer), Juudai no Kai (founder/co-founder)
所属団体
Hi-Red Center, Juudai no Kai
影響を受けた人物
Ryohei Koiso
影響を与えた人物
Japanese conceptual artists from the 1960s onward

学歴

Tokyo University of the Arts
Painting Department (Oil Painting) / Oil Painting
期間: 1954-1958
卒業年: 1958
国: Japan
Studied under Ryohei Koiso while enrolled

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Perspective: Sunday Plaza

1970年 installation

Large-scale installation presented at Expo '70 in Osaka in the 'Sunday Plaza'. It reverses perspective to challenge viewers' spatial perception.

perspectivevisual illusionreconfiguration of spaceaudience participation

Table of Perspective

1967年 installation/object

A table-form work themed on perspective. Uses visual dislocation to question the relationship between object and representation.

perspectiveobject vs. representationvisual experiment

Glass Unit

1971年 sculpture/installation

A standalone work using glass. Exemplifies a series that re-presents an object's existence through minimal intervention of natural material.

materialityminimal interventionre-presentation of existence

Japanese Characters (These Seven Characters)

1970年 text art/installation

Part of a body of work using Japanese characters as material. Treats characters as visual elements and questions the boundary between language and image.

language and imagevisualization of charactersconceptual art

Shadow series (mural)

1967年 mural/installation

A series that depicts only the 'shadows' of objects, bringing into relief the relationship between reality and image. Noted for its abstract and anti-art tendencies.

shadowreality vs. representationanti-art

Shadow Reception Room

1974年 mural/installation

A mural created for a bank reception room, turning the entire space into an artwork using the motif of shadow.

shadowsite-specific workintervention in public space

Shadow of a Baby NO.387

painting/drawing

A work from the 'Shadow' series. Known as one of the pieces held in the collection of the Chiba City Museum.

shadowfragmentation of the human formsymbolization

Shape series

1980年 painting

Series developed from the 1980s onward, marking a shift to planar expressions overflowing with lines, planes and color.

lines and planesabstractioncolor

全著作

  • Peter Pan (illustrated by Jiro Takamatsu) — Lab Education Center, 1974
  • Tom Sawyer (illustrated by Jiro Takamatsu) — Lab Education Center, 1977
  • The Birth of Land (illustrated by Jiro Takamatsu) — 1979
  • The Origin of the Deer Dance (illustrated by Jiro Takamatsu) — 2003
  • Question to Absence — Suiseisha, 2003
  • World Expansion Project — Suiseisha, 2003
  • The Fourth of the Narcissus Month (illustrated by Jiro Takamatsu) — 2007
  • PHOTOGRAPH — Asahisha, 2008
  • The Trajectory of Jiro Takamatsu's Production — Suiseisha, 2015

作風・主題

文体
conceptual artavant-gardeanti-art approachesabstract
頻出モチーフ
shadowreversal of perspectiveminimal intervention on natural objectslines and planes

健康

  • illness
    1990年代後半
    He continued working while ill and pursued his series until shortly before his death.

評価・遺産

He had a major influence on Japanese conceptual art from the 1960s onward. His works are held in major museums domestically and internationally and are highly regarded in exhibitions and art-historical contexts.

記念館・博物館

  • The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Tokyo, Japan
  • Chiba City Museum of Art Chiba, Japan
  • Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York New York, USA

関連学会

  • Juudai no Kai

資料所蔵先

  • Holdings of The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
  • Holdings of Chiba City Museum of Art
  • Holdings of MoMA (Museum of Modern Art, New York)

大衆文化への影響

  • Performance events such as the Yamanote Line incident are cited as notable episodes in art history

豆知識

  • Active as a member of the Hi-Red Center.
  • Known for involvement in the 'Yamanote Line incident' performance.
  • Worked at Toei Animation between 1959 and 1960.
  • Worked at Silver Seiko between 1960 and 1964.
  • Birth name recorded as 'Shinb' (presented in Japanese as 新八郎).