川端実｜色とかたちの間に — 東京・ニューヨーク

Kawabata Minoru (1911–2001) studied oil painting under Fujishima Takeji at the Tokyo Fine Arts School before moving to France in 1939. With the outbreak of war, he relocated to New York but was forced to return to Japan in 1941. After the war, he co-founded the Japan Abstract Art Club, becoming a central figure in the avant-garde movement. From 1958 onward, he was based in New York, creating works that fused Abstract Expressionism with a distinctly Japanese sensibility. His international recognition was cemented through awards at the Guggenheim International Exhibition and his representation by the Betty Parsons Gallery.

This exhibition surveys his practice from the late 1950s to the 1990s, tracing experiments in calligraphic stroke, explorations of large-scale compositional structures, the integration of color and form in the 1970s, and the refined visual language of his later years. Throughout, his work reveals a lifelong pursuit of the possibilities that lie “between color and form,” offering an experience that appeals not only to the intellect but also to intuition and the senses.

Venue：ICHION CONTEMPORARY

9-7 Nozaki-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-0055

Exhibition Period：2025.9.16 Tue. - 10.18 Sat.

Open：11:00‒18:00 (Last entry at 17:30) ※Closes at 17:00 on the final day

Closed : Sundays, Mondays, and Public Holidays

Admission：Free

URL：https://ichion-contemporary.com