Jiro Takamatsu
Jiro Takamatsu (高松 次郎 Takamatsu Jirō, 20 February 1936 – 25 June 1998[1]) was born in Tokyo, where he studied oil painting at the Tokyo University of the Arts until 1958. Sculpture, photography, painting, drawing and performance were his means of expression.
With Genpei Akasegawa and Natsuyuki Nakanishi he founded in 1963, the Hi Red Center, where happenings were organized. He was a member of the Mono-ha movement that tried the world through gestures, action, process and experiment to fathom. Takamatsu was impressed by the works of Eva Hesse.
From 1968 to 1972 he taught at the Tama Art University in Tokyo.
For the work Photographer Photographer (1972 to 1973), he hired a professional photographer who photographed snapshots from the Takamatsu family album. With this photo series, he explored the relationship between memory and interpretation.
From 1964 until his death in 1998, Takamatsu worked on his shadow painting which is inspired by the Japanese tradition of the silhouettes of the 19th century.
References
- ↑ "Takamatsu Jirō". 20-seiki Nihon jinmei jiten (in Japanese). Nichigai Associates. Retrieved 15 April 2016.