Seki Masakazu Exhibition
March 5 - April 10, 2016
10:00am - 6:30pm
Tuesdays (open by appointment), closed Wednesdays
Exhibits : oil paintings (20 or more)
■ Artist in the gallery : Saturday, April 5 - Thursday, April 10
Seki Masakazu
1933 Born in Marugame City, Kagawa Prefecture
1948 Received the Kagawa Prefectural Exhibition Encouragement Award
1950 Selected for the Behavioral Art Exhibition
1952 Selected for Free Art Exhibition
1954 Moved to Tokyo and studied under Chozaburo Inoue
1957 Become a member of the Free Art Association
1968 Free Art Exhibition Free Art Award
1969 Exhibited at Contemporary Art Selection Exhibition (Agency for Cultural Affairs)
1982 Received the Tokyo Exhibition Award
1985 Became a judge for the Kagawa Prefectural Exhibition
Collection of works at Kagawa Prefecture Culture Hall
1986 Stay in France, Italy, Spain, England
1992 Solo exhibition at Kagawa Prefectural Cultural Center
1994 Solo exhibition at Marugame City Museum
2001 Solo exhibition at Galerie Lichtblick, staying in Germany, Holland, and Czech Republic
2016 Solo exhibition at Marugame City Museum
2020 passed away
Since 1982, many solo exhibitions at Art Gallery Tanaka, and since 1996, many solo and group exhibitions at Artland Gallery succeeded Art Gallery Tanaka.
Two Ways Seki Masakazu
Looking at the exhibited works, you will notice that the works are divided into two trends. One is what we call figurative works, and the other is abstract.... This is the content of my life's work.
There are many reasons why I have changed from figurative works to abstract works, but the simple answer is that it is difficult to paint figuratively. Until I was about 50 years old, I could still see the object, but I changed to abstract because I wanted to paint more freely.
Compared to the time when I was tied tightly to the object, my painting has become freer.
Originally, paintings were abstract in themselves, as they depicted landscapes with depth and the subtle movements of human emotions on a single flat surface. I am not sure which is better, the abstract way in which I can move my brush as I wish, or the figurative way in which I am not free to do so. I myself am not sure which is better.
