Kitadai began painting around 1948, before he joined Jikken Kobo. Seeing his solo exhibition at Takemiya Gallery in 1951, Taro Okamoto praised his work highly: "In contrast to almost all other Japanese abstract painting, which is based on the human, on taste and preference, his work presents the scientific in modern abstraction." From the first, Kitadai's paintings were geometric abstractions that totally rejected the emotional. Few painters were pursuing such pure abstraction in painting in the early 1950s. Kitadai's works, supported by his knowledge of the natural sciences and engineering, were precise and intellectual. The painting shown here is also a geometric composition, but involves a more sophisticated modern sensibility and an inclination toward three-dimensional space. After working with painting, Kitadai became fascinated with the creation of mobiles. This piece is connected with this development in his art.
- Collection of
- Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
- Title
- Composition of Rotary Planes
- Artist Name
- KITADAI Shozo
- Year
- c.1952
- Category
- Painting&Print
- Material / Technique
- Oil on cardboard
- Acquisition date
- 1981
- Accession number
- 1975-00-0170-000
- MOT Collection Search
- https://mot-collection-search.jp/shiryo/172/
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