Masakazu Seki Reminiscence Exhibition
March 26 - May 29, 2022
(Closed : May 1st (Sun) - 5th (Thu))
Seki Fumiko (wife) will be at the gallery on March 27 (Sun) 11: 00-15: 00.
Open : Wednesday-Sunday: 11: 00-17: 00
Last day of the exhibition: 11: 00-16: 00
Closed : Monday, Tuesday
In memory of the painter Seki Masakazu, who passed away in November 2020, we will hold a memorial exhibition as follows. The session lasts for about two months, so we would like to invite as many people as possible to watch it.
In addition, his wife, Fumiko, is scheduled to be in the gallery on Sunday, March 27th. If you have time, please come to the gallery.
However, please note that depending on the situation of COVID-19, she may not be able to stay in the gallery.
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.
Seki Masakazu Reminiscence Exhibition
■ Introduction
Painter Seki Masakazu's total gastrectomy was in the fall of 2015. In March of the following year, a large-scale exhibition commemorating the Marugame City Cultural Promotion Award was awaiting him at the Marugame City Museum and Artland Gallery. The artist had to select works to be exhibited in the commemorative exhibition and prepare for a solo exhibition at the gallery, and I recall that I was anxiously awaiting that moment.
After this major event was successfully completed, I heard the artist's strong desire to hold a solo exhibition every year, as he had done in the past, and I waited for two years after that. During that time, whenever I called him from time to time, he would say, "I can't seem to get into it, even when I face the canvas". Still, I could feel his passionate desire to wait for him.
I said, "For now, let's wrap up our sponsorship. Whenever you are ready, I will hold a solo exhibition..." It seems like only yesterday that I told him this. Looking back, nothing can replace the support of so many people during the 37 years of the artist and gallery's history.
For this exhibition, we asked those who had interacted with Seki Masakazu to write their own words in remembrance of his past solo exhibitions, as well as those that he would have been able to hold had he recovered.
Artland Gallery
