Ay-O
Ay-O ( Japanese 靉 嘔 , Ai Ō , real name: Takao Iijima ( 飯 島 孝 雄 , Iijima Takao ); * May 19, 1931 , Tamatsukuri (today: Namegata ), Ibaraki Prefecture ) is a Japanese fluxus artist .
Ay-O, whose real name is Takao Iijima, studied art at the Tokyo School of Education until 1945. His career began with the Democratic Artist Association of El-Q, which was known for promoting artistic freedom and independence. His artistic work is shaped by the collaboration with Fluxus artists such as George Maciunas , Emmett Williams , Dick Higgins and Nam June Paik .
Ay-O's screen prints and etchings in rainbow colors are internationally known and have earned him the nickname "Rainbow Man". Other areas of work are “Finger Boxes” and Happenings . His first "rainbow happening" was performed in 1964 at Carnegie Hall in New York.
From 1968 to 1969 Ay-O was a professor at the University of Kentucky .
Since 2008 some of his works have been exhibited in the museum FLUXUS + in Potsdam.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1966: Biennale di Venezia , Venice
- 2009: In The Making… - Works from the Hamburger Bahnhof collections - Museum für Gegenwart , Berlin
- 2012: Over the Rainbow, Ay-O Restrospective 1950–2006 , Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo) (MOT), Tokyo
- 2012: Tokyo 1955–1970: A New Avant-Garde MoMA Museum of Modern Art , New York
- 2016: lamp! , Museum of Modern Art , Bremen
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ artelino Ay-O accessed on February 18, 2017 (English)
- ↑ museum Fluxus Ay-O , accessed on February 18, 2017.
- ↑ Wide Walls The Most Avant-Garde Figures in Fluxus Art, Ay-O - Finger Boxes accessed on February 18, 2017 (English)
- ^ Potsdam Museum Fluxus + , accessed on May 15, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ay-O |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 靉 嘔 (Japanese, stage name); Takao Iijima (real name); 飯 島 孝 雄 (real name, Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese fluxus artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tamatsukuri (today: Namegata ), Ibaraki Prefecture |