《WOODEN HORSE》 2020 H22.0cm Mixed Media Takamatsu Art Museum Collection
Approximately 40 works such as 3D and 2D works, as well as new works created for this exhibition will be exhibited.
At Pola Museum Annex (Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo), Tetsuya Noguchi's exhibition "this is not a samurai" will be held on July 29, 2022 for the first time in four years since "With Love from the Middle Ages" held in 2018. It will be held from Friday, September 11th to Sunday, September 11th.
Tetsuya Noguchi is an artist who asks the inner nature and diversity of human beings with the motif of armor. His activities are wide-ranging, such as holding exhibitions in Japan and overseas, including the 2021 traveling exhibition, and collaborating with overseas brands, and his neutral style that does not impose emotions on the viewer is widely accepted by people of all ages and nationalities. Has been done.
Noguchi creates works using modern materials such as resins and chemical fibers. It is also Noguchi's unique irony for the fundamentalist thing that "should be" that accompanies materials such as iron and lacquer, or motifs such as armor.
The violence and violence that not only armored warriors but all human beings have, the kindness and beauty that not only modern humans but also human beings of all ages have, Noguchi's work is a mixture of pleasant tension and quiet humor. It's a new form of contemporary art.
In this exhibition, about 40 of Noguchi's works, such as three-dimensional and two-dimensional works, and new works created for this exhibition will also be exhibited.
Introducing the kindness and sadness of the work, and the world full of curiosity about humans.
《21st Century Light Series ～ The Tap ～》 2020 9.2 × 13.8cm Acrylic board Takamatsu Art Museum Collection
《WOODEN HORSE》 2020 H22.0cm Mixed Media Takamatsu Art Museum Collection
Exhibition overview
Exhibition name: Tetsuya Noguchi "this is not a samurai"
Date: July 29, 2022 (Friday) -September 11, 2022 (Sunday) * Open all year round: 11:00 – 19:00 (Admission is until 18:30) / Free admission: Pola Museum Annex (3rd floor, Pola Ginza Building, 1-7-7 Ginza, Chuo-ku, 104-0061)
Access: Immediately from Exit 7 of Tokyo Metro Ginza 1-chome Station / 6 minutes on foot from Exit A9 of Tokyo Metro Ginza Station Main event: Paula Orbis Holdings Co., Ltd. Cooperation: Gallery Tamae
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* Contents are subject to change due to various circumstances. Please check the latest information on the gallery website before visiting.
《THE MET》 2020 H42.5cm mixed media
Profile
Tetsuya Noguchi
Born in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture in 1980.
Graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, Faculty of Arts, Hiroshima City University in 2003, and completed the graduate school of the same university in 2005.
With the motif of "armor and humans," he creates sculptures and paintings using resin and acrylic paint.
In 2016, won the Kagawa Prefecture Culture and Arts New Face Award.
Major solo exhibitions include "Tetsuya Noguchi Exhibition-Tetsuya Noguchi's Warrior Classification Picture Book-" (Nerima Art Museum, Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Sanso Museum), "With Love from the Middle Ages" (Pola Museum Annex), "Armor Nochu Day" Toyama Hen- "(Shusui Museum of Art)
In 2021, traveling exhibition "THIS IS NOT A SAMURAI" (Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, Gunma Museum of Art, Kariya City Museum of Art), etc.
《Cat-walk 2020》 2020 50.5 × 39.5cm Paper book Acrylic coloring Takamatsu Art Museum Collection
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