Madokoro Akutagawa Saori

Madokoro Akutagawa Saori (芥川 (間所) 紗織 Akutagawa (Madokoro) Saori, 1924-1966) was a Japanese visual artist closely associated with Tatsuo Ikeda, Shigeo Ishii, and On Kawara. Her work is noted for its primitivism and mythological influences and unique dying techniques. One of her best known works is Shinwa, kamigami no tanjo (Myth, Birth of Gods) (1956). She did several group exhibitions with these artists, as well as Taizo Yoshinaka, in 1956-7 at Sato Gallery.[1]

She was married to composer Yasushi Akutagawa from 1946 and 1958.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Doryun Chong. Tokyo 1955-1970: A New Avant-Garde. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2012, 41, 92, also citing Kasumi Kudo and Shoko Sugiyama. "Akutagawa (Madokoro) Saori nenpyo" [chronology] in Akutagawa Saori-ten [exhibition catalog] Yokosuka: Yokosuka Museum of Art, 2009
  2. ↑ "芥川（間所）紗織". Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
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