Tada Minami
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3 August - 8 September 1991 Hours: 9:30a.m.- 5:00 p.m. Admission: charged We organize the exhibition of Minami Tada, which shows the extensive activities of this artist, who has been producing the various kinds of art works including abstract sculptures made of stainless steel, glass and acrylic resin, lighting designs for architectural space and wall and ceiling decorations. Minami Tada first studied oil painting at Women’s College of Fine Arts in Tokyo. About 1956, she began to study sculpture by herself and to exhibit the abstract sculptures made of iron, alminium, acrylic resin and glass. These works are free from the conventional idea of sculpture. In 1962, she founded MINAMI TADA & Associates and began to design and to plan lighting for large architectural space like theater and hotel, where she made the splendid works of light sculpture and the monumental wa11 decorations, She also actively participated in the open-air sculpture exhibitions which have been held in Ube, Kobe, etc. since 1960’s and showed the monumental sculptures of unconventional forms made of acrylic resin, stainless steel and other materials using the newly developed techniques. These works varied in form, sometimes a cone and sometimes a hemisphere. Some of them reflect surrounding landscapes on their curved surfaces like a mirror and some transfigure landscapes through acrylic resin and glass. They always have special relationships to their environment and give us unordinary optical experiences. Not only these sculptures but also her activities in the field of architecture and design have been highly appreciated and she has received a number of prizes. In this exhibition, we focus upon Minami Tada as a sculptor by exhibiting 38 sculptures from the early period to the present and large photographs of her installed open-air sculptures. We would like to express our deep gratitude to the artist and to all the parties, who have assisted and cooperated for this exhibition. |