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若林奮

| 1936-01-09 | 2003-10-10

WAKABAYASHI Isamu

| 1936-01-09 | 2003-10-10

Names

若林奮
WAKABAYASHI Isamu (index name)
Wakabayashi Isamu (display name)
若林奮 (Japanese display name)
わかばやしいさむ (transliterated hiragana)

Date of birth

1936-01-09

Birth place

Machida, Minamitama District, Tokyo Prefecture

Date of death

2003-10-10

Death place

Suginami-ku, Tokyo

Gender

Male

Fields of activity

Sculpture
Printmaking

Biography

英語は後日公開予定です。

1959: Wakabayashi Isamu koten, Mitsugi Garō, Tokyo, 1959.

1963: Chōkoku no shinsedai (New Generation of Japanese Sculptors), The National Museum of Modern Art, 1963.

1965: Dai 50-kai Nika ten, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1965.

1966: Wakabayashi Isamu Chōkoku ten, Akiyama Garō, Tokyo, 1966.

1967: Dai2-kai Gendai nihon chōkoku ten, Ube-shi Yagai Chōkoku Bijutsukan, 1967.

1969: Kokusai tekkō chōkoku sinpojiumu (International Sculptors Symposium for Expo’70), Osaka Gotō Tankō nai tokusetsu atorie (Tenji: Nihon Bankoku Hakurankaijō, Osaka, 1970), 1969.

1973: Wakabayashi Isamu: Dessan, chōkoku ten, The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, 1973.

1977: Wakabayashi Isamu: Chōkoku (Isamu Wakabayashi: Sculpture), Gatodo Gallery, 1977.

1980: 39th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy, 1980.

1984: Wakabayashi Isamu: Shoyū, fun’iki, Shindō-Mori no hazure, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, 1984.

1986: 42th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy, 1986.

1987: Wakabayashi Isamu ten: Konnichi no sakka, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 1987.

1988: Wakabayashi Isamu: 1986.10–1988.2, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, 1988.

1995: Wakabayashi Isamu ten: Sobyō toiu dekigoto (Isamu Wakabayashi: Works on Paper), The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1995.

1996: Kemuri to kiri: Wakabayashi Isamu ten (Smoke and Smog: Isamu Wakabayashi), Ashikaga Museum of Art and Koriyama City Museum of Art and Yamagata Museum of Art, 1996–1997.

1997: Isamu Wakabayashi, Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim and Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, 1997–1998.

1997: Wakabayashi Isamu: 1989-nen ikō (Isamu Wakabayashi: Sculptures and Drawings Since 1989), Nagoya City Art Museum and The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura and Ohara Museum of Art and The Museum of Art, Kochi, 1997.

1999: Wakabayashi Isamu shinsaku ten: Inu wa senkai suru, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya, 1999.

2001: Ikiro / Be Alive: Contemporary Art from Japan, 1980 until Now, Kröller-Müller Museum, 2001.

2002: Wakabayashi Isamu, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, 2002.

2003: Wakabayashi Isamu (Isamu Wakabayashi: Oscillating Scales), Kawamura Kinen Bijutsukan, 2003.

2003: Wakabayashi Isamu: Hiyō to Shindō (Flying Leaves and Oscillation), Shigeru Yokota Gallery, 2003.

2005: Wakabayashi Isamu: Kurumi no ki: Drawing 1999–2003, Tama Art University Museum, 2005.

2008: Wakabayashi Isamu: Valleys, Yokosuka Museum of Art, 2008.

2015: Wakabayashi Isamu: Hiyō to Shindō (Isamu Wakabayashi: Flying Leaves and Oscillation), Nagoya City Art Museum and Ashikaga Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama and Fuchu Art Museum and Urawa Art Museum, 2015–2016.

2021: Korekushon ten: Wakabayashi Isamu shin shūzō sakuhin: Kawai Korekushon (Froｍ Museum Collection: The Works of Isamu Wakabayashi: Donations from Takanori Kawai), The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama, 2021.

2023: Wakabayashi Isamu: Mori no hazure (Isamu Wakabayashi: Outskirts of a Forest), Musashino Art University Museum & Library, 2023.

The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi Prefecture
The Museum of Art, Kochi
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art
The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Yokosuka Museum of Art, Kanagawa Prefecture
Takamatsu Art Museum, Kagawa Prefecture
Chiba City Museum of Art
Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Karuizawa City, Nagano Prefecture
Iwaki City Art Museum, Fukushima Prefecture
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Urawa Art Museum, Saitama Prefecture
Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo
Kröller-Müller Museum, Netherlands

1966: Yanagihara Yoshitatsu. ‘Wakabayashi Isamu: Garō kara.’ “Bijutsu techō” 264 (March 1966): 120–122.

1968: Wakabayashi Isamu. ‘Jidōsha, inu, chōkoku.’ “Geijutsu shincho” 19, no. 8 (August 1968): 119. [Artists Writing].

1969: Katō Ikuya. ‘Wakabayashi Isamu tekka no yōjutsushi. Sakka ni kiku.’ “Bijutsu techō” 309 (February 1969): 143–151.

1969: Wakabayashi Isamu. ‘Aru inken na sōzō: Gendai chōkoku no kanōsei. Kokusai tekkō sinpojiumu sanka 13 sakka no hatsugen.’ “Mizue” 779 (December 1969): 10–11. [Artists Writing].

1973: The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, ed. “Wakabayashi Isamu: Dessan, chōkoku ten.” [Kamakura]: [The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura], [1973] (Venue: The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura). [Exh. cat.].

1973: Hijikata Teiichi. ‘Wakabayashi Isamu no keiken no shūyaku: Manatsu no yoru no, hitorigoto.’ “Sansai” 307 (September 1973): 38–51.

1974: Sakai Tadayasu. ‘Wakabayashi Isamu ron: Aruiwa Rojin ni kararareta danshō.’ “Bijutsu techō” 376 (January 1974): 140–165.

1974: Wakabayashi Isamu. ‘Ejiputo (Egypt) e: Shōkyo to fumei no hojū.’ “Bijutsu techō” 376 (January 1974): 168–169. [Artists Writing].

1982: Wakabayashi Isamu. “Sakaigawa no hanran: 1976–1979.” Tokyo: Gatodo Gallery, 1982. [Artists Writing].

1986: Wakabayashi Isamu. ‘Jibun no heya no naka ni mori o tsukuru koto o kangaeta. Jibun ga shizen no ichibu de aru koto o kakujitsu ni shiritakatta.’ In “Isamu Wakabayashi: Drawing 1986.” Nagoya: Akira Ikeda Gallery, 1986. Reprinted in “Atelier” 711 (May 1986): 53–60. [Artists Writing].

1987: The Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, ed. “Wakabayashi Isamu ten: Konnichi no sakka.” Tokyo: The Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1987 (Venues: National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto). [Exh. cat.]

1988: Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, ed. “Isamu Wakabayashi: 1986.10–1988.2.” [Kitakyūshū]: Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, 1988 (Venue: Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art). [Sculpture Catalogue Raisonné].

1994: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, ed. “Wakabayashi Isamu shiryō. Supplement to Catalogue of Collections the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.” Tokyo: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1994.

1995: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, ed. “Isamu Wakabayashi: Works on Paper.” [Tokyo]: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1995 (Venue: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo). [Exh. cat.].

1996: Koriyama City Museum of Art, et al., eds. “Smoke and Smog: Isamu Wakabayashi.” [s.l.]: Wakabayashi Isamu Ten Jikkō Iinkai, 1996. (Venues: Ashikaga Museum of Art and Koriyama City Museum of Art and Yamagata Museum of Art). [Printing Catalogue Raisonné].

1997: The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, ed. “Isamu Wakabayashi: Sculptures and Drawings since 1989.” [Tokyo]: Tōkyō Shinbun, 1997 (Venues: Nagoya City Art Museum and The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura and Ohara Museum of Art and The Museum of Art, Kochi). [Exh. cat.].

1997: Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, eds. “ISAMU WAKABAYASHI.” Mannheim: Städtische Kunsthalle, 1997. (Venues: Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim and Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst). [Exh. cat.].

1997: Yoshimasu Gōzō, illustrations by Wakabayashi Isamu. ‘Midori no mori no ikkakuju: Tabi.’ [eight serialized articles]. “Musashino bijutsu” 104 (April 1997): 1–2; 105 (July 1997): 1–2; 106 (October 1997): 1–2; 107 (January 1998): 1–2; 108 (April 1998): 1–2; 109 (July 1998): 1–2; 110 (October 1998): 1–2; 111 (January 1999): 1–2.

1999: Yumiko Chiba Associates, ed. “Midori no mori no ikkaku jūza: Wakabayashi Isamu (The Green Constellation of the Unicorn: Isamu Wakabayashi).” Tokyo: Yumiko Chiba Associates, 1999.

2001: Wakabayashi Isamu, Maeda Hideki. “Tairon chōkoku kūkan: Busshitsu to shikō (Dialogue: Sculpture Space; Matter and Thought).” Tokyo: Shoshi Yamada, 2001.

2001: Bremer, Jaap. ‘Isamu Wakabayashi 1936.’ In “IKIRO / Be Alive: Contemporary Art from Japan, 1980 until Now,” 43–47. Otterlo: Kröller-Müller Museum, 2001. [Exh. cat.].

2002: Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, ed. “Wakabayashi Isamu.” Toyota: Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, 2002 (Venue: Toyota Municipal Museum of Art). [Exh. cat.].

2003: “Wakabayashi Isamu: Copper・Arc.” Tokyo: Kenji Taki Gallery, 2003 (Venue: Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo). [Exh. cat.].

2004: Wakabayashi Isamu. “I.W: Wakabayashi Isamu nōto (Note).” Tokyo: Shoshi Yamada, 2004. [Artists Writing].

2005: Tama Art University Museum, ed. “Wakabayashi Isamu: Kurumi no ki DRAWING 1999-2003.” Tokyo: Tama Art University, 2005. (Venue: Tama Art University Museum). [Exh. cat.].

2008: Yokosuka Museum of Art, ed. “Wakabayashi Isamu: VALLEYS.” Yokosuka: Yokosuka Museum of Art, 2008. (Venue: Yokosuka Museum of Art). [Exh. cat.].

2008: Sakai Tadayasu. “Wakabayashi Isamu: The Sculptor Who Became a Dog.” Tokyo: Misuzu Shobō, 2008.

2015: Nagoya City Art Museum et al., eds. “Wakabayashi Isamu: Flying Leaves and Oscillation.” Tokyo: Yomiuri Shimbun et al., 2015. (Venues: Nagoya City Art Museum and Ashikaga City Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama and Fuchu Art Museum and Urawa Art Museum). [Exh. cat.].

2015: Ikkakujūza o Midori no Mori ni Nokosu Kai, ed. “Wakabayashi Isamu ‘Midori no Mori no Ikkakujūza’ kirokushū 1995–2015.” Tokyo: Ikkakujūza o Midori no Mori ni Nokosu Kai, 2015.

2017: Ichikawa Masanori. “Chikasa to hedarari / sonzaisuru, bijutsu.” Tokyo: Shoshi Yamada, 2017.

2019: Tokyo Bunkazai Kenkyūjo (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties). “Wakabayashi Isamu.” Nihon Bijutsu Nenkan Shosai Bukkosha Kiji. Last modified 2019-06-06. https://www.tobunken.go.jp/materials/bukko/28279.html

2021: The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama, ed. “Wakabayashi Isamu: Kawai Collection.” [s.l.]: Kawai Takanori, 2021. (Venue: The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama). [Exh. cat.].

2021: Hiraide Takashi. “Oka to tsue: Wakabayashi Isamu tankai. via wwalnuts sōsho, 28.”[s.l.]: via wwalnuts 28, 2021.

2023: Torigoe Mayu, ed. “Wakabayashi Isamu: Mori no hazure.” Tokyo: Musashino Art University Museum & Library, 2023. (Venue: Musashino Art University Museum & Library). [Exh. cat.].

日本美術年鑑 / Year Book of Japanese Art

彫刻家で、多摩美術大学教授の若林奮は、10月10日、胆管がんのため東京都杉並区の病院で死去した。享年67。1936(昭和11)年1月9日、東京府町田町原町田1番地に生まれる。55年4月、東京芸術大学美術学部彫刻科に入学。59年2月、みつぎ画廊(東京)で最初の個展を開催。同年3月同大学を卒業、基礎実技教室の副手となる(61年まで)。60年9月、第45回二科展に初入選。同展には、66年の第51回展まで...

「若林奮」『日本美術年鑑』平成16年版(303-304頁)

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