Ei-Q
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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Nihongo". was a Japanese artist who worked in a variety of media, including photography and engraving.
Life and career
Ei-Q, whose early work was done under his real name of Hideo Sugita (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler, Sugita Hideo), was born in Miyazaki-machi (now Miyazaki City), Miyazaki Prefecture on April 28, 1911.[1] In 1925 Sugita entered an art school in Tokyo to study western-style painting, and his criticism of western art started appearing in the art magazines Atelier and Mizue in 1927,[2] in which year he also left the school. In 1930 he entered a photography school and from then on pursued both painting and photography and more particularly photograms, first experimenting briefly with these in 1930, then dropping them in pursuit of painting, and then returning to them in 1936.[2]
Ei-Q was influenced by the Surrealist aesthetic and also published essays promoting photography as an art form independent of painting. This did not imply a rejection of painting, and he worked toward what in 1935 he termed photo-dessins, a fusion of photograms and paintings. A first collection of these, published in an edition of 40 in 1936 as Nemuri no riyū (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler, "the reason for sleep"), took him to the forefront of the Japanese avant garde.[3] Akiko Okatsuka rates Ei-Q (as he had named himself in 1935), together with Sutezō Otono, as standing out among the many Japanese exponents of photograms, unlike the majority in their ability to use them for expressive rather than merely playful ends.[4] Ei-Q also contributed photograms and photography criticism to Photo Times. (He also became an enthusiastic proponent of Esperanto at about the same time.)
Ei-Q set up the art organization Jiyū Bijutsu Kyōkai (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler) in 1937; this lasted until 1951.[5]
Ei-Q was able to resume his work after the war and in 1951 set up the group Democratic Artists Association (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler, Demokurāto Bijutsuka Kyōkai) in Osaka. Membership was by invitation only, but the idea was to promote the free expression of members, who included woodblock artists, designers, photographers and others. On Ei-Q's move from Osaka to Urawa later in the same year, the group set up a branch in nearby Tokyo as well; Eikoh Hosoe and Takeji Iwamiya then joined. The Association lasted until 1957, holding exhibitions of its works.[6]
Also in 1951 Ei-Q started etching and lithography; he would continue exploring new art media until his death.[5] He was also active in art education, in 1952 setting up Sōzō Biiku Kyōkai (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler).[5]
Ei-Q died on March 10, 1960.
Exhibitions
- "Ei-Q photo-dessins" (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). 1936.[7]
- "Ei-Q photo-dessins" (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). 1951.[7]
- "Dai ikkai Tōkyō kokusai hanga biennāre-ten" (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler, i.e. the first Tokyo international biennale of wood engravings). 1957.[7]
- "Ei-Q kaiko-ten" (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). 1970.[7]
- "Modanizumu no kōseki: Onchi Kōshirō, Ei-Q" (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler) / "Traces of Light in Modernism: Koshiro Onchi, Osamu Shiihara and Ei-Kyu". National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, February–March 1997. The work of Kōshirō Onchi, Osamu Shiihara, and Ei-Q.[8]
- "Demokurāto 1951–1957: Kaihō sareta sengo bijutsu" (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, August–October 1999.[9]
- "Ei-Q no himitsu-ten: Āto ni deau natsu" (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler) vol. 2. Fukuoka Art Museum (Fukuoka), July–August 2000.[10]
- "Ei-Q, Ay-O, Ikeda Masuo" (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler) Sayama Shiritsu Hakubutsukan (Sayama), October–December 2000. An exhibition of Ei-Q, Ay-O and Masuo Ikeda.[11]
- "Urawa gaka to sono jidai: Terauchi Manjirō, Ei-Q, Takada Makoto o chūshin ni" (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Urawa Art Museum (Urawa), 2000. Template:In lang Catalogue of the opening exhibition of the museum, on the painters of Urawa, and particularly Manjirō Terauchi, Ei-Q, and Makoto Takada.[12]
- "Ei-Q foto-dessan-ten" (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler) / "Ei-Q Photo Dessin". National Museum of Art, Osaka (Suita), October–December 2005.[13]
- "Ei-Q-ten" (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Kawagoe Gallery, February 2006.[14]
- "Ei-Q to sono shūhen" (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts (Machida), June–September 2008.[15]
- "Ei-Q-ten" (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Kawagoe Gallery, September 2008.[16]
Works in permanent collections
Works by Ei-Q are in the permanent collections of the following institutions:
- Ashiya City Museum of Art and History (Ashiya)[17]
- Fukuoka Art Museum (Fukuoka City); 45 photo-dessins.[18]
- Homma Museum of Art (Sakata).[19]
- Mie Prefectural Art Museum (Tsu).[20]
- Miyagi Museum of Art (Sendai)[21]
- Miyakonojo City Museum of Art (Miyakonojo).[22]
- Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum (Miyazaki City)[23]
- Nagashima Museum (Kagoshima City).[24]
- Niigata City Art Museum (Niigata City).[25]
- Okawa Museum of Art (Kiryū).[26]
- Museum of Modern Art, Saitama (Saitama City); 98 photo-dessins and five photo collages.[27]
- Takamatsu City Museum of Art (Takamatsu).[28]
- Tokushima Modern Art Museum (Tokushima City)[29]
- Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography[30]
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo.[31]
- Toneyama Kōjin Kinen Bijutsukan (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler, Kitakami).[32]
- Urawa Art Museum (Urawa)[33]
- Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama (Wakayama City)[34]
- Yokohama Museum of Art (Yokohama).[35]
- Yokosuka Museum of Art (Yokosuka).[36]
Books by and of Ei-Q
- Ei-Q. Nemuri no riyū: Ei-Q-shi fotodessan sakuhinshū (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler. Geijutsugaku Kenkyūkai, 1936.
- Ei-Q and Kiyomi Shimazaki (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Dōbanga no tsukurikata (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler. Tokyo: Mon Shoten, 1956. Template:In lang An introductory practical book about etching.
- Mitsuharu Yamada (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Ei-Q: Hyōden to sakuhin (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Tokyo: Seiryūdō, 1976. Template:In lang
- Ei-Q-shi fotodessan-ten (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler. Fukuoka: Fukuoka Art Museum, 1978.
- Ei-Q-ten: Gendai bijutsu no chichi (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). N.p.: Ei-Q-ten Kaisai Iinkai, 1979. Template:In lang
- Sadajirō Kubo (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Ei-Q to nakama-tachi (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Kubo Sadajirō Bijutsu no Sekai (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler) 2. Tokyo: Sōbunsha, 1985. Template:ISBN.
- Ei-Q to sono shūhen (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Tokyo: Yomiuri Shinbunsha, 1986. Template:In lang Catalogue of an exhibition, held at the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama and elsewhere, of the work of Ei-Q and his circle.
- Ei-Q foto-dessan-ten (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1987. Template:In lang Catalogue of an exhibition of Ei-Q's photo-dessins.
- Ei-Q to sono nakama-tachi-ten (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Machida, Tokyo: Machida City Museum of Graphic Art, 1988. Template:In lang Catalogue of an exhibition held at Machida City Museum of Graphic Art in 1988.
- Ei-Q-ten: Yusai, foto-dessan, hanga (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Itami: Itami City Museum of Art, 1990. Template:In lang Catalogue of an exhibition of Ei-Q's oil paintings, photo-dessins and wood block prints held at the Itami City Museum of Art.
- Ei-Q sakuhinshū (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shinbun-sha, 1997. Template:ISBN. Template:In lang A collection of the work of Ei-Q.
- Hikari no kaseki: Ei-Q to fotoguramu no sekai (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Urawa: Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, 1997. Template:In lang Catalogue of an exhibition of Ei-Q's photograms.
- Modanizumu no kōseki: Onchi Kōshirō, Ei-Q Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler) / Traces of Light in Modernism: Koshiro Onchi, Osamu Shiihara and Ei-Kyu. Tokyo: National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1997. Template:In lang Template:In lang Catalogue of an exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo of the work of Kōshirō Onchi, Osamu Shiihara, and Ei-Q.
- Ei-Q no himitsu-ten: Āto ni deau natsu (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler) vol. 2. Fukuoka: Fukuoka Art Museum, 2000.Template:In lang
- Urawa gaka to sono jidai: Terauchi Manjirō, Ei-Q, Takada Makoto o chūshin ni (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Urawa, Saitama: Urawa Art Museum, 2000. Template:In lang Catalogue of the opening exhibition of Urawa Art Museum, on the painters of Urawa, and particularly Manjirō Terauchi, Ei-Q, and Makoto Takada.
- Ei-Q kara no tegami (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Ei-Q Bijutsukan, 2000. Template:In lang
- Masaomi Sugita (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Chichi (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Miyazaki 21-seki Bunko (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler) 27. Miyazaki: Kōmyakusha, 2000. Template:ISBN. Template:In lang A book about Ei-Q by his son.
- Hirofumi Wada. Ei-Q, Shimozato Yoshio: renzu no avangyarudo (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Vol. 14 of Korekushon Nihon shūrurearisumu (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Tokyo: Hon no Tomo-sha, 2001. Template:ISBN. Template:In lang On Ei-Q, Yoshio Shimozato, and surrealism in Japanese photography.
- Ei-Q foto-dessan-ten (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Suita, Osaka: National Museum of Art, Osaka, 2005. Template:In lang Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Museum of Art, Osaka of Ei-Q's photo-dessins.
Notes
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- ↑ Nihon shashinka jiten (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler) / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers (Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000; Template:ISBN), p.61. Template:In lang Despite its English-language alternative title, the book is in Japanese only. Biographical material is from this source where not otherwise noted.
- ↑ a b Rei Masuda, "Japanese Photography of the 1920s and 1930s: Photographic Works of Koshiro Onchi, Osamu Shiihara and Ei-kyu", Modanizumu no kōseki: Onchi Kōshirō, Ei-Q / Traces of Light in Modernism: Koshiro Onchi, Osamu Shiihara and Ei-Kyu (Tokyo: National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1997), pp. 10–11.
- ↑ Luisa Orto, "Ei-Q (Sugita Hideo)", in Anne Wilkes Tucker, et al., The History of Japanese Photography (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003; Template:ISBN), p.336.
- ↑ Akiko Okatsuka, "Consciousness and the Expression of the Modern", in Nihon kindai shashin no seiritsu to tenkai (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler) / The Founding and Development of Modern Photography in Japan (Tokyo: Tokyo Museum of Photography, 1995), p.23.
- ↑ a b c Shashinka wa nani o hyōgen shita ka: 1945–1960 (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler, What were photographers expressing? 1945–1960; Tokyo: Konica Plaza, 1991), p.57. Template:In lang
- ↑ Takako Matsuda, "Democratic Artists Association", in Tucker, et al., The History of Japanese Photography, p.371.
- ↑ a b c d Shashinka wa nani o hyōgen shita ka: 1945–1960, p.57. This source does not specify the name of the gallery.
- ↑ Press release for the exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Template:In lang. Retrieved March 6, 2009.
- ↑ Website of the exhibition Template:Webarchive, Museum of Modern Art, Saitama. Template:In lang. Retrieved March 6, 2009.
- ↑ "Atarashii Fukuoka kenritsu bijutsukan no arikata ni tsuite Template:Webarchive" (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler, PDF file) Template:In lang p.49. pref.fukuoka.lg.jp. Retrieved March 6, 2009.
- ↑ Web page of the exhibition Template:Webarchive, Sayama Shiritsu Hakubutsukan. Template:In lang. Retrieved March 6, 2009.
- ↑ List of exhibitions at Urawa Art Museum Template:Webarchive, Urawa Art Museum. Template:In lang Accessed March 6, 2009.
- ↑ Website of the exhibition, National Museum of Art, Osaka. Template:In lang. Retrieved March 6, 2009.
- ↑ page about the exhibition, Kawagoe Gallery (Kawagoe). Template:In lang Accessed March 6, 2009.
- ↑ Exhibition schedule for 2008, Friends (Tomo-no-Kai) of the Museum. Template:In lang Accessed March 6, 2009.
- ↑ List of exhibitions, Kawagoe Gallery (Kawagoe). Template:In lang Accessed March 6, 2009.
- ↑ Norihiko Matsumoto (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler), ed., Nihon no bijutsukan to shashin korekushon (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler, Japan's art galleries and photography collections; Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2002; Template:ISBN) Template:In lang. P. 135.
- ↑ Matsumoto, ed., Nihon no bijutsukan to shashin korekushon, p. 169.
- ↑ Ei-Q's work appears in this page about part of the museum's permanent collection. Template:In lang Accessed March 6, 2009.
- ↑ Mie Prefectural Art Museum at Art Collection. Template:In lang Accessed March 6, 2009.
- ↑ Matsumoto, ed., Nihon no bijutsukan to shashin korekushon, p. 18.
- ↑ Miyakonojo City Museum of Art at Art Collection. Template:In lang Accessed March 6, 2009.
- ↑ Ei-Q's work was prominent in the museum's display of its permanent collection during the year 2008–2009: description, Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum Template:In lang. Retrieved March 6, 2009.
- ↑ Nagashima Museum at Art Collection. Template:In lang Accessed March 6, 2009.
- ↑ Niigata City Art Museum at Art Collection. Template:In lang Accessed March 6, 2009.
- ↑ Chart (PDF file) showing all artists in the collection. Okawa Museum of Art. Template:In lang Accessed March 7, 2009. (Ei-Q appears slightly to the right of and above the centre.)
- ↑ Matsumoto, ed., Nihon no bijutsukan to shashin korekushon, pp. 32–33.
- ↑ Takamatsu City Museum of Art at Art Collection. Template:In lang Accessed March 6, 2009.
- ↑ Page on Ei-Q, Tokushima Art Museum. Template:In lang Accessed March 6, 2009.
- ↑ As denoted by Ei-Q's inclusion within Nihon shashinka jiten, without a disclaimer.
- ↑ MOCAT at Art Collection. Template:In lang Accessed March 6, 2009.
- ↑ Toneyama Kōjin Kinen Bijutsukan at Art Collection. Template:In lang Accessed March 6, 2009.
- ↑ Page about the museum's permanent collection Template:Webarchive, Urawa Art Museum. Template:In lang Accessed March 6, 2009.
- ↑ Matsumoto, ed., Nihon no bijutsukan to shashin korekushon, p. 105.
- ↑ Yokohama Museum of Art at Art Collection. Template:In lang Accessed March 6, 2009.
- ↑ Yokosuka Museum of Art at Art Collection. Template:In lang Accessed March 6, 2009.
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External links
- Chronology, Okawa Museum of Art. Template:In lang