“A Son of Painting MASATO KOBAYASHI”, S.M.A.K
18 March - 28 April 2001
Kobayashi's work is both a homage to the art of painting and a sort of denial of the achievements of his predecessors - his fellow painters from bygone days. It pays tribute to the art of painting, yet also seems to destroy painting. When an artist expresses himself through a medium with a longstanding tradition, a medium we are very familiar with, what is at stake is not simply the 'what-and-how-question': the question of 'why’ becomes equally important. The work must contain a certain extent of necessity. The public has to sense that the use of the specific medium is a sine qua non for the artist, that there is more involved than the nostalgic desire to continue the achievements of the great masters of a past era. Necessity and desire become one in this instance. What we are confronted with, is an inner conviction, a compelling urge which cannot be ignored. In the case of Kobayashi, I feel the presence of this urge in the work itself. It had to be, and it has to be like this - in this instance not using a brush, but using fingers and hands, elbows and the entire body. It could not be differently.
Jan Hoet, 2001
Text
Jan Hoet : "THI ORIGIN & THE MIRACLE (of Creation)"
Philippe Van Cauteren: “When I first look at the white canvas I said to her: I wont't be a painter ー Masato Kobayashi"
Cai Guo-Qiang: “ Dear Kobayashi. "
Exhibistion View
Catalog
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Tite:
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A Son of Painting
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year:
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2001
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description:
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This is the catalogue of Masato Kobayashi's solo exhibition at Stedelijk Museum Voor Actuele Kunst Gent (S.M.A.K.) in Belgium. According to Jan Hoet, Kobayashi's work represents the struggle between the two-dimensional surface and three-dimensional space. It pays tribute to the art of painting, yet also seems to destroy painting. The catalogue also includes artist biography and a letter from the artist's friend Cai in New York.
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size:
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30 x 22 cm
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pages:
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56
36 illustrations including 36 in color
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language:
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NL, EN
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texts by:
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Jan Hoet, Philippe Van Cauteren, Cai Guo-Qiang
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venue of the exhibition:
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Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele kunst, Gent
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price:
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13,00 euro
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ISBN:
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D/2001/6328/02
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Link:
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http://smak.be/nl/kunstenaar/1731
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