2024.12.5 thu - 2025.1.18 sat
Winter Closure: 2024.12.22 sun - 2025.1.7 tue

open: wed-sat
closed: sun, mon, tue

Opening Reception 2024.12.5 thu 14:00 - 16:00

 

When trying to “clearly depict” something I don’t fully understand, chaos emerges.
There is no true beginning, nor any end in sight, and nothing is apparent in the middle either.
If I intend to drift without sinking, it is both a matter of will and yet, not entirely so.

Standing amidst the light snow, the vast three-thousandfold world, and within it, the gentle snow falls -　Ryōkan

Beautiful—this is everything.

 

 

Walls Tokyo will hold Tsunemasa Takahashi’s second solo exhibition from December 5, 2024, to January 18, 2025.

Tsunemasa Takahashi was born in Tokyo in 1949. After studying at Sokei Academy of Fine Art & Design, he traveled to Europe, where he studied under Ernst Fuchs and Rudolf Hausner, central figures of the Vienna School. Upon his return to Japan, he began working as an illustrator while also showcasing his artwork in solo exhibitions and other venues as a painter.

 

Standing amidst the light snow, the vast three-thousandfold world, and within it, the gentle snow falls

 

While painting is generally seen as an intentional act, Takahashi currently finds himself within a state of chaos, drifting without resistance rather than struggling, navigating between the subjective and objective with no clear destination in sight.

A penguin lost in a scorching desert accepts its harsh fate and continues its small steps without stopping, wandering on.

In this second exhibition at Walls Tokyo, Takahashi’s own studio tables and art supplies will be on display, creating a vibrant, dynamic space where his new works will be unveiled.

 

 

Tsunemasa Takahashi
Born in Tokyo in 1949.
He has held numerous solo exhibitions, illustrations, and book bindings, including “Sophie's World.
He has also created numerous posters for the Shiki Theater Company and others.

Main Solo Exhibitions
1974-Aoki Gallery (Tokyo)
1975-Galerie am Rabensteig (Vienna)
1978-Miyuki Gallery, Ginza
1979-Aoki Gallery (Tokyo)
1979-Galerie Humanité Nagoya
1981-Aoki Gallery (Tokyo)
1982-Galerie Humanité Nagoya
1983-Galerie Arches, Roppongi; Gallery Shiro, Osaka; others
1983-Gallery Shiro (Osaka), White Art Gallery (Tokyo), Kinokuniya Gallery (Tokyo)
1985-Galerie Tokyo Humanité
1990-Galerie Tokyo Humanité
1993-Galerie Tokyo Humanité
1997-"12 Major League Baseball Players in Lithograph" (SPACE 11, Ginza)
1999-"The World of Tsunemasa Takahashi," Ikeda Town Art Museum (Nagano)
2011-Galerie Tokyo Humanité
2015-Galerie Tokyo Humanité

Main Group Exhibitions
1977-"20 Junge Hamburger," Kunsthaus (Hamburg)
1980-"Group 5," Galerie Lepie (Hamburg)
1987-"Second Figurative Painting Biennale," Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
1992-"IMA 'Today’s Painting' Exhibition," Mitsukoshi Museum of Art
1995-"IMA 'Today’s Painting' Exhibition," Mitsukoshi Museum of Art
1997-"IMA 'Today’s Painting' Exhibition," Mitsukoshi Museum of Art

Other Works
Numerous cover and book design works, including Sophie's World and the novel The Bible. Set and costume design, as well as poster creation for Shiki Theatre Company musicals, magazine covers, and more.

 

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