1. Genichiro Inokuma, Woman Sitting on a Chair, 1935
2. Genichiro Inokuma, Standing Portrait in a Costume, 1936
3. Genichiro Inokuma, Lady in a Yellow Skirt, 1946
4. Genichiro Inokuma, People Living with Cats, 1952
5. Genichiro Inokuma, Child and a Cat, 1955
6-7. Gallery A
8-10. Gallery B
©The MIMOCA Foundation
Genichiro Inokuma: Déformation Genichiro Inokuma: Déformation
Date: Sat. 18 September 2021 - Sun. 5 December 2021
Temporarily closed: Sat. 18 September - Thu. 30 September
Hours: 10:00 - 18:00 (Admission until 30 minutes before closing time)
Closed: Mondays (except 20 September), Tue 21 September
Organized by Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, The MIMOCA Foundation
Admission: Adults ¥300, Students (college, university) ¥240, Children (0 year to high school) free
This exhibition introduces Inokuma's paintings from pre-war until 1955 before he went to NY, which incorporates the technique of "déformation" by which he transformed the motifs in the paintings. Please take a look at Inokuma's insatiable challenge to form toward new paintings.
- Self-portrait, 1921, oil on canvas, 60.5×50.2
- Standing Nude, 1933, oil on canvas, 161.0×128.7
- Woman Sitting on a Chair, 1935, oil on canvas, 145.5×112.0
- Standing Portrait in a Costume, 1936, oil on canvas, 72.5×52.7
- Man Playing the Chello, 1939, oil on canvas, 60.8×45.7
- Man Playing the Chello, 1939, ink on paper, 19.2×12.4
- Title Unknown, c.1940, oil on canvas, 80.7×60
- Pietà, 1940, oil on cardboard, 34.8×27.0
- Birth of Venus (B), 1940, oil on canvas, 80.5×64.0
- Bathing Woman, 1940, oil and conté on canvas, 80.5×64.5
- Nude, 1943, oil and pencil on canvas, 60.0×49.6
- Lady in a Yellow Skirt, 1946, oil on canvas, 80.5×64.5
- Reclining Nude, 1948, oil on canvas, 65.5×80.4
- Blue Dress, 1949, oil on canvas, 79.0×64.5
- Nude and Cats, 1949, oil on canvas, 72.6×61.0
- Dreams of Ballerina, 1950, oil on canvas, 131.0×162.0
- Cats and Child, 1951, oil on canvas, 92.0×65.5
- Standing Group, 1951, oil on canvas, 131.5×162.4
- Sitting Group, 1951, oil on canvas, 131.2×162.5
- Cats on the Table, 1952, oil on canvas, 73.0×61.0
- Fish, a Cat and Girls, 1952, oil on canvas, 72.4×60.2
- People Living with Cats, 1952, oil on canvas, 130.8×193.5
- Cats, c.1952, oil on canvas, 90.5×116.5
- Song for Cats, c.1952, oil on canvas, 181.5×259
- Title Unknown, years unknown, oil on canvas, 91.0×115.5
- Title Unknown, 1954, oil on canvas, 72.4×90.5
- Title Unknown, c.1954, oil on canvas, 24.0×33.1
- Child and a Cat, 1955, oil on canvas, 45.3×38.0
1. Genichiro Inokuma, Woman Sitting on a Chair, 1935
2. Genichiro Inokuma, Standing Portrait in a Costume, 1936
3. Genichiro Inokuma, Lady in a Yellow Skirt, 1946
4. Genichiro Inokuma, People Living with Cats, 1952
5. Genichiro Inokuma, Child and a Cat, 1955
6-7. Gallery A
8-10. Gallery B
©The MIMOCA Foundation
