Takamizawa Michinao

Takamizawa Michinao also known as Michinao Takamizawa, also known as Tagawa Suihō (b. 10 February 1899 d. 12 December 1989), was an early twentieth century Japanese dadaist artist.

Takamizawa Michinao
Michinao Takamizawa
Iwane Sumitani, Tatsuo Okada and Michinao Takamizawa, performing in Dance
Born10 February, 1899
Died12 December, 1989
NationalityJapanese
Notable workperformance art, collage
StyleDada
MovementMavo

Work

Takamizawa worked in performance, collage, painting and screen printing. He would often collage three-dimensional objects onto two dimensional artworks, for example, Portrait of a Foreigner’s Mistress (1924), which incorporated strands of hair and firecracker packets. The collage was used as the cover of the September, 1924 issue of Mavo Magazine, which had actual firecracker packets attached. The text inside the magazine described the journal itself as explosive, stating "We are the basic preparation for the eternal revenge of the proletariat against the bourgeoisie, and we are pushy but frank destroyers." The magazine was censored after its release for potential public danger.[1]

Mavo
Main article: Mavo

He was a member of the Japanese avant garde collective, Mavo.[2][3][4] In addition to his work with that group, he is known for throwing rocks through the glass ceiling of a building in Japan housing an exhibition of art by Nika-kai (The Second Society) to protest the conservative government Bunten (Ministry of Education Exhibition), and its associated art jury members. Michinao and the Mavo group of artists had been rejected for the exhibition by the jury.[2]

Collections

His work is held in the collection of the Kyoto National Museum of Art permanent collection,[5][6] and in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.[7]

References
  1. Staff, Harriet. "Relooking at the Japanese Dada-Constructivist Group the Mavoists". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  2. "Mavo, the movement that rocked Japan's art scene". Japan Times. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  3. Maerkle, Andrew (27 October 2014). "Heads Above Water". Frieze. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  4. Weisenfeld. Accessed 16 Sept. 2020., Gennifer (1996). "Mavo's Conscious Constructivism: Art, Individualism, and Daily Life in Interwar Japan". Art Journal. 55: 64–73. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  5. "Takamizawa Michinao (1899–1989)". Kyoto National Museum of Art. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  6. "Commemorate of Acquisition: The Kawanishi Hide Collection". The National Museum of Modern Art, KyotoThe National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  7. "Shikei Senkoku (Death Sentence)". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
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