Event
The Possibility of the monochromatic drawings-Insho’s Sumie and Fusuma painting of Koshibo,Toji Temple
June 1, 2013 (sun) – September 29, 2013 (sun)
Admission:
Adults and university: 500yen（400）
Students (high school): 400yen（320）
Students (elementary and junior high school): 200yen（160）
* Prices shown in group (more than 20 persons) discount tickets.
* The people of 65 or more years old (The proof which can check age is shown)
* Persons with disabilities are admitted free with one accompanying person each.
http://insho-domoto.com/plan/new/current/index-e.html
Venue
KYOTO PREFECTURAL INSHO-DOMOTO MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
http://www2.ocn.ne.jp/~domoto/
Access: 26-3 Kamiyanagi-cho, Hirano Kita-ku, Kyoto, 603-8355, Japan
Tel: 075-463-0007
Hours: 9：30 ~ 17：00
（entry up to 30 minutes before closing.）
Closed: Monday (Tuesday if the Monday is a national holiday)
and Year-end/New Year
Description
nsho Domoto worked in a number of styles during his artistic career, which spanned nearly 60 years. At first creating figurative images based on classical Oriental themes but incorporating Western forms of visual expression, Insho moved into abstract painting after the war.Throughout his career though, Insho used the traditional Japanese medium of “sumi”(black ink). As well as skillfully using “sumi” in his early Showa period land scapes, the deep black of “sumi” ink was used to dramatic effect in Insho’s otherwise colorful abstract work, produced between 1955 and 1959,
indicating the central role that the medium had in his vision.
The work included in the current exhibition displays how Insho adapted “sumi to different painting genres, including figurative imagery and abstraction. Also featured in the exhibition are “fusuma” (screen door) paintings from the Koshibo,Toji Temple . We hope you enjoy this fascinating glimpse of how a master of color used the blackness of “sumi”.