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KIKUHATA Mokuma, <Slave genealogy (with three logs)- remake>, wood, cloth, mixed media, Installation, 500×320cｍ, 1961-2016
[Japan] KIKUHATA Mokuma Slave genealogy (with three logs)- remake
Kikuhata Mokuma lost his parents and remained homeless as he moved from one place to another. At a young age he taught himself how to paint and became quite good at it. He stood out as a member of the Kyushu Group, an avant-garde group formed in Fukuoka City in 1957. In the 1960s Kikuhata Mokuma released controversial artworks that escaped from the typical form of art in Tokyo and attracted attention as the leader of anti-art. However as Slave Genealogy released at that time shows, Kikuhata’s expression of anti-modern aspects based on folksy elements rather than avant-garde characteristics was not suitable to either Kyushu Group with its nature of Informel painting or radicalism in Japan. |
