Genpei Akasegawa (Chiba City Museum of Art)

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Exhibition Trade, an overview of the current to over activity from the work of Akasegawa, from a number of photos, Genpei Akasegawa 1960s.

1960s Neo-Dada, Yomiuri Independent, High Red Centre, thousand-yen bill trial, exchanges with Fluxus and Yoko Ono et al.

In the 1970s, parody journalism he through illustrations and comics.

1980s, ultra-art Thomason and street observation meetings, and activities as a writer that also was awarded Akutagawa Prize.

In 1998, "the old man force" has become a best seller.

Activities of flow of Akasegawa is, as it is, symbolizes the history of contemporary art since the 1960s.

The work as an artist of Genpei Akasegawa, was not at all attracted any interest.

Than that, the multi-faceted activity itself, interesting than anything else.

In the case of artists that Genpei Akasegawa, does not depend on the individual work, the activity itself, would say the work.

In that sense, Genpei Akasegawa is, can be said that the most modern seems, artists.

Name of Akasegawa became a chance to be known to the general public, thousand-yen bill trial. In that trial, Akasegawa was forced to be considered to be thoroughly something, that it is an art.

It is, in the activities of the subsequent Akasegawa, has had a major impact.

Akasegawa is, surprisingly, liked the painters of the Impressionist throughout life. In his later years, but began to draw such a landscape, a little he think embarrassed that contemporary artists draw such a picture, Alumni Association of Musashino Art University, was drawn in the name of, and laughed in the episode that .

Immediately prior to visiting this exhibition, he died of Akasegawa Genpei has become a major news.

After I have seen this exhibition, I felt it might have lost one of the greatest artists, also.