Kudo began traveling to Japan regularly in the 1980s and taught at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts until his death in 1990. These reflect his belief that ethical values had become as exchangeable as consumer goods and that technology, nature and humanity had come to influence each other in a closed circuit he dubbed “New Ecology.” In France Kudo created series of works incorporating store-bought items such plastic dolls and kitchenware, small pet cages in which body parts fuse with transistors and circuit boards, and terrariums and hothouses in which plastic plants grow among vacuum tubes and slug like phalluses. With the prize money of $1,500, earmarked for study in Paris, he and his wife moved to the French capital which became their residence for the remainder of his life. In 1962, Kudo was awarded the grand prize in the 2nd International Young Artist Pan-Pacific Exhibition. Kudo also held six solo exhibitions often accompanied by happening-like events, activities noted by Allan Kaprow in his seminal book, “Assemblages, Environments and Happenings” (1966). He exhibited regularly in the annual Yomiuri Independant, the most significant venue for contemporary art in Japan. During this time he explored forms of expression ranging from gestural abstraction to sculptures incorporating objects such as scrub brushes, woven bamboo, colored yarn and tree limbs. Maintaining a contrary attitude towards traditional pedagogy, he supplemented his education by reading pamphlets on astrophysics, set theory, and quantum mechanics and organizing shows with fellow students. His worldview was shaped from an early age by the destruction of the Second World War as well as a scepticism towards traditional Japanese society that characterized much post-war political debate. Working to subvert the separation between art and lived experience, Kudo’s influence can be found in the works of artists such as Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy, Isa Genzken, and David Altmejd.īorn in Osaka, Japan in 1935 to parents who were painters and educators, Kudo attended Tokyo National University of Fine Arts from 1954 – 1958. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Kudo was a key player in the artistic avant-garde, critiquing consumerism and political conformity in Japan, and in the Nouveau Realisme movement in France. His oeuvre addresses themes of colonialism, racism, social cohesion, and environmental degradation through biomorphic sculptures and assemblages incorporating found materials. In a wide-ranging practice spanning four decades, Japanese artist Tetsumi Kudo (1935 –1990) explored the human experience, interrogating the proliferation of mass consumption and the rise of technology. ![]() Zurich, Bahnhofstrasse 1 Zurich, Bahnhofstrasse 1.Editions Gary Simmons ‘Black Ark Stars’ Editions.Publishers Frank Bowling ‘Penumbral Light’ Publishers.Frank Bowling ‘Penumbral Light’ Frank Bowling.Beyond Nature: A Presentation by Make at Hauser & Wirth London Beyond Nature: A Presentation by Make at Hauser & Wirth London.New Exhibitions in Southampton this Summer New Exhibitions in Southampton this Summer.Royal College of Art Announces New Sir Frank Bowling Scholarship Royal College of Art Announces New Sir Frank Bowling Scholarship.Jenny Holzer ‘The intolerable is a climate we share’ Conversations Jenny Holzer ‘The intolerable is a climate we share’ Conversations.Books Leon Golub’s Unwavering Gaze Books.Films Cindy Sherman ‘Options for How to Be’ Films.New York, 69th Street Cindy Sherman ‘1977 – 1982’ New York, 69th Street.Menorca Rashid Johnson ‘Sodade’ Menorca.
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