墨淵祭----井上有一作品回顧展
Yuichi Inoue: The profundity of ink

Inoue Yu-ichi was the only artist of Asian origin whose work is documented in A Concise History of Modern Painting (Herbert Read), published in England in 1959. Inoue's work broke down the traditional perception and understanding of "calligraphy". In China, the motherland of Chinese characters, Inoue has influenced Chinese calligraphy for more than forty years, and his influence extends to contemporary art as a whole, as he pioneered a new path for calligraphy. This exhibition has been organized to respond to the growing respect and interest in Inoue Yu-ichi's work in China, and It is the traveling exhibition of “Yu-ichi Inoue: Bell Toll from Japan” held at Tsinghua University Art Museum.

The exhibition features about 90 works from the 1950s, when he started working after the war, to 1985, when he was in his last year of life. Representative works from each period are categorized according to their production style, such as "Calligraphy in Single Character," in which he wrote a single kanji character on a large sheet of paper, "Calligraphy in Many Characters," in which he wrote poems and words reflecting his thoughts and philosophy, and "Conté Crayon calligraphy," in which he changed his brush to charcoal and Conté Crayon in his final years.

EXHIBITION OUTLINE

Exhibition title：　　墨淵祭----井上有一作品回顧展 Yuichi Inoue: The profundity of ink
Exhibition venue：　　Powerlong Museum
Exhibition period：　　2021 .5.21 ～2021.8.29
Number of pieces：　　90 pieces
Organized by：　　Powerlong Museum、Yu-ichi Inoue Retrospective Exhibition executive committee
Co-organized by：　　Kozan Fine Arts
Special Thanks：　　INOUE YU-ICHI Foundation
Supports ：　　China International Exhibition Agency、Embassy of Japan in China、Kamimori Foundation
General Planner：　　Masanori Aoyagi（Former Secretary of Culture of Japan, Charir man of Tama University of Fine Arts)、Su Dan （Vise Director of Tsinghua University Art Museum, Professor）
Curator ：　　Yuji Akimoto（Director and Professor of The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts) 、Wei Ligan（Painters of contemporary Chinese abstract calligraphy）

YU-ICHI INOUE RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Exective commitee
Masanori Aoyagi（Former Secretary of Culture of Japan, Charir man of Tama University of Fine Arts)
Su Dan （Vise Director of Tsinghua University Art Museum, Professor）

Commitee
浅木正勝（一般財団法人東美鑑定評価機構代表理事）
Yuji Akimoto（Director and Professor of The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts)
Wei Ligan（Painters of contemporary Chinese abstract calligraphy）
杜鵬飛（清華大学芸術博物館常務副館長）
李建華（北京同心社文化有限公司代表取締役）
陳建中（株式会社黄山美術社代表取締役）
Haruko Hirose（Kamimori Foundation）
Nobuo Tsuji（Honorary professor of Tokyo University）