Beschreibung
The work of Japanese-Swiss painter Teruko Yokoi (1924-2020) is characterized by unflagging creative energy and constant evolution. This book takes an in-depth look at her painting methods and her own vocabulary of abstraction, which was formulated over the course of a long artistic career. Art historian Kuniko Satonobu Spirig, who is also of Japanese origin, analyzes and explains cultural and biographical relations in Yokoi's art as well as the influences of Abstract Expressionism on her painting technique. Raised on the Japanese island of Tsushima, Yokoi moved to Tokyo in 1949, where she attended the private Joshibi University of Art and Design (Joshibijutsu Daigaku). In 1954, she went to the United States, where she completed her education at the San Francisco Art Institute and with painters Hans Hofmann and Julian E. Levi in New York. There she met artists such as Sam Franciswhom she married in 1959, Mark Rothko, and Kenzo Okada. In this environment, she drew new energy and began to develop her own style of abstraction and to invent her own idiom. In 1962, she moved to Switzerland, where she lived and worked tirelessly in the city of Bern until her death.
Autorenporträt
Kuniko Satonobu Spirig lebt in und arbeitet von Genf aus als Kunsthistorikerin, Journalistin und Filmemacherin. Abstrakte Kunst und das Schaffen von Künstlerinnen sind Schwerpunkte ihrer Tätigkeit. Über die Malerin Teruko Yokoi hat sie den Dokumentarfilm Teruko Yokoi - Art in the Making produziert.
Warnhinweise
ACHTUNG! Sicherheitshinweis entsprechend Art,9 Abs,7 S,2 der GPSR entbehrlich
Herstellerkennzeichnung:
Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess AG
Patrick Schneebeli
Niederdorfstrasse 54
8001 Zürich
CH
E-Mail: info@scheidegger-spiess.ch
Internet: www.scheidegger-spiess.ch
Produktverantwortlicher / Importeur:
GVA Gemeinsame Verlagsauslieferung Göttingen GmbH & Co. KG
Carsten Schlieker
Postfach 2021
37010 Göttingen
DE
E-Mail: info@gva-verlage.de
Internet: www.gva-verlage.de
