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1936 Nogoya, Japan - 2010 Manhattan, New York. Known for: Modernist genre-caligraphy, graphics.
The following obituary is by Fred A. Bernstein and published in The New York Times, May 19, 2010. Arakawa, a Japanese-born conceptual artist and designer, who with his wife, Madeline Gins, explored... Read full biography
The following obituary is by Fred A. Bernstein and published in The New York Times, May 19, 2010. Arakawa, a Japanese-born conceptual artist and designer, who with his wife, Madeline Gins, explored ideas about mortality by creating buildings meant to stop aging and preclude death, died Tuesday in... Read full biography
The following obituary is by Fred A. Bernstein and published in The New York Times, May 19, 2010. Arakawa, a Japanese-born conceptual artist and designer, who with his wife, Madeline Gins, explored ideas about mortality by creating buildings meant to stop aging and preclude death, died Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 73. He had been hospitalized for a week, said Ms. Gins, who declined to give the cause of death. "This mortality thing is bad news," Ms. Gins said by phone from her studio on Houston... Read full biography
The following obituary is by Fred A. Bernstein and published in The New York Times, May 19, 2010. Arakawa, a Japanese-born conceptual artist and designer, who with his wife, Madeline Gins, explored ideas about mortality by creating buildings meant to stop aging and preclude death, died Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 73. He had been hospitalized for a week, said Ms. Gins, who declined to give the cause of death. "This mortality thing is bad news," Ms. Gins said by phone from her studio on Houston Street. She said she would redouble her efforts to prove that "aging can be outlawed." . Arakawa, who was known professionally by his surname, and Ms. Gins explored their philosophy, which they called Reversible Destiny, in poems, books, paintings... Read full biography
The following obituary is by Fred A. Bernstein and published in The New York Times, May 19, 2010. Arakawa, a Japanese-born conceptual artist and designer, who with his wife, Madeline Gins, explored ideas about mortality by creating buildings meant to stop aging and preclude death, died Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 73. He had been hospitalized for a week, said Ms. Gins, who declined to give the cause of death. "This mortality thing is bad news," Ms. Gins said by phone from her studio on Houston Street. She said she would redouble her efforts to prove that "aging can be outlawed." . Arakawa, who was known professionally by his surname, and Ms. Gins explored their philosophy, which they called Reversible Destiny, in poems, books, paintings and, when they found clients, buildings. Their most recent work, a house on Long Island, had a steeply sloped... Read full biography
Shusaku Arakawa - Artist Info
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Keywords (29)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Conceptual
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Silhouettist
- •Words, Text, Calligraphy, Letters
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Performance Art, Happenings
- •Pop Art, Popular Culture
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Silhouettes, Silhouette Portraiture
- •Still Life
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
- •Married to an Artist
- •Printmaking Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Asian
- •Japanese
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Venice Biennale
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York