Yuki Katsura, Work, 1958-1962, oil and paper on canvas
Alison Bradley Projects is delighted to announce that two of the gallery's artists, Yuki Katsura and Aiko Miyawaki, are included in Whitechapel's current exhibition Action, Gesture, Paint, on view in London, February 9 - May 7, 2023.
Action, Gesture, Paint presents paintings from over 81 international women artists, once overshadowed by their male contemporaries, whose work offers an often unseen viewpoint of Abstract Expressionism.
Yuki Katsura (b. Tokyo, 1913-1991) studied Japanese-style painting (nihonga), only to resist dominant aesthetic traditions throughout her six-decade career, becoming a central figure in the genesis of the Japanese avant-garde. Her work constantly interrogates materiality, spatial depth, and representation. Often unrecognized in western art circles, Katsura has long been established as an artist of critical acclaim in Japan—a pioneering force amongst a very male-dominated society.
Aiko Miyawaki (b. Tokyo, 1929-2014), commonly known for her sculpture, developed a style of painterly abstraction that brought tactile, sculptural qualities to the two dimensional plane. Informed by strong friendships with artists such as Man Ray, Piero Manzoni, Lucio Fontana and Marcel Duchamp, Miyawaki herself became an important female Japanese pioneer of abstraction in painting.
Action, Gesture, Paint presents paintings from over 81 international women artists, once overshadowed by their male contemporaries, whose work offers an often unseen viewpoint of Abstract Expressionism.
Yuki Katsura (b. Tokyo, 1913-1991) studied Japanese-style painting (nihonga), only to resist dominant aesthetic traditions throughout her six-decade career, becoming a central figure in the genesis of the Japanese avant-garde. Her work constantly interrogates materiality, spatial depth, and representation. Often unrecognized in western art circles, Katsura has long been established as an artist of critical acclaim in Japan—a pioneering force amongst a very male-dominated society.
Aiko Miyawaki (b. Tokyo, 1929-2014), commonly known for her sculpture, developed a style of painterly abstraction that brought tactile, sculptural qualities to the two dimensional plane. Informed by strong friendships with artists such as Man Ray, Piero Manzoni, Lucio Fontana and Marcel Duchamp, Miyawaki herself became an important female Japanese pioneer of abstraction in painting.
February 9, 2023
