Katsura Funakoshi Works: 1980- 2003

Born in 1951 at Morioka City, Funakoshi studied at Tokyo Zokei University and also in the graduate school sculpture program at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. After he established his signature style of half-length figures carved from camphor wood with inset marble eyes during the 1980s, Funakoshi's career developed with dizzying speed. Funakoshi was selected as one of the Japanese artists invited to participate in the 1988 Venice Biennale, and then went on to display works in the 1989 Sao Paolo Biennale, and the 1992 Documenta IX and Sydney Biennale. These events led to high praise both in and out of Japan for Funakoshi and his efforts to expand the new potentials for figural sculpture.

Funakoshi has created more than 100 wooden sculptures in a little more than 20 years, from his earliest works to works that have not yet been publicly displayed. This exhibition presents more than a third of his oeuvre, displaying representative works in a retrospective examination of the artist's creative activities. The exhibition also includes examples of the artist's drawings, which reveal Funakoshi's thoughts and show the working process that occurs prior to the birth of a sculpture.

Exhibition Title
Katsura Funakoshi Works: 1980-2003
Period
April 12 - June 22, 2003
Closed
Mondays (except April 28, May 5) and May 6
Opening Hours
10：00 - 18：00 (Tickets available until 17:30)
Organized by
Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo / The Asahi Shimbun
With the assistance of
Shiseido Co., Ltd.
Supported by
Asahi Beer Arts Foundation
By loan courtesy of
Nishimura Gallery