The Avant-Garde of Kochi: Motonao Takasaki and Tomiji Hamaguchi @ The Museum of Art, Kochi
The Museum of Art, Kochi is hosting an exhibition tracing the avant-garde art activities of Kochi natives Motonao Takasaki and Tomiji Hamaguchi.Summary
The Museum of Art, Kochi is holding the exhibition, "The Avant-Garde of Kochi: Motonao Takasaki and Tomiji Hamaguchi," from February 28 to March 31, 2026, focusing on the reality of the avant-garde art movement in Kochi during the 1960s. Motonao Takasaki (1923–2017) graduated from Tokyo School of Fine Arts, joined the Gutai Art Association, and later shifted to performance-oriented works like the "Adhesion" and "Destruction" series. Tomiji Hamaguchi (1921–2009) co-founded the "Avant-Garde Tosa School" with Takasaki in 1960, creating works using unconventional materials before moving toward Western painting and haiku after 1970. The exhibition showcases newly confirmed works and materials from the museum's ongoing research into both artists, offering a systematic look at the development of Takasaki's "Apparatus" works and Hamaguchi's 1960s activities. It also highlights the local artists and poets involved in the "Avant-Garde Tosa School" to illuminate the Kochi art scene of that decade.
(Source：ART iT)