Shinrō Ōtake

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Shinrō Ōtake ( Japanese 大竹 伸 朗 , Ōtake Shinrō ; born October 8, 1955 in Tokyo ) is a Japanese painter . He lives and works in Uwajima , on Shikoku Island .

life and work

Shinrō Ōtake studied at the Musashino Art School in Kodaira , Tokyo Prefecture , where he graduated in 1980. Ōtake writes, makes architecture projects , assemblages , collages and noise music . In 2009, Ohtake created a functional bathhouse for the Benesse Art Site in Naoshima.

“He reuses everyday materials such as neon signs, posters, photos and images from various publications, products, countries and times, as well as discarded items, by putting these items together into assemblages that address the intense physical and temporal processes that influence how we are Perceive, understand and remember things. "

- The accompanying book for the d13

In 2012 Shinrō Ōtake took part in dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel and showed Mon Cheri: A Self-Portrait as a Scrapped Shed . Ohtake created since 1977 over 60 scrapbooks , Mixed Media - artists' books , some of which 2,013 on the Biennale di Venezia were shown. The Scrapbook # 66 from the years 2010-12, for example, has the dimensions 72 × 96 × 129 cm, 27.2 kg heavy and contains 830 pages.

Awards

  • 2013–2014 The Agency for Cultural Affairs Minister's Award for the Fine Arts

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ e-flux Shinro Ohtake accessed on June 20, 2016 (English)
  2. ↑ Andrew Maerkle: Dipping into modern art at Naoshima's bathhouse. In: The Japan Times Online. August 28, 2009, accessed July 5, 2016 .
  3. ↑ dOCUMENTA (13). The accompanying book / The Guidebook. Catalog 3/3., Page 284, 2012, ISBN 978-3-7757-2954-3
  4. ↑ Art in America, Prajna Desai Shinro Ohtake accessed on June 20, 2016 (English)
personal data
SURNAME Ōtake, Shinrō
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 大竹 伸 朗 (Japanese); Ohtake, Shinro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese painter
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Tokyo