A retrospective exhibition is scheduled to take place for this coming February at The Museum of Art, Ehime in his hometown of Ehime, and it will overview the past 40 years of the Paris based artist, Toru Hamada. The exhibition at Base Gallery will offer Tokyo public the opportunity to experience his most recent works. Though Hamada has mainly worked on carving in stone in the past years, we are going to present paintings and iron sculptures this time. It seems vibrant colors not only exist along with intensity of each color but also come with the weight, and we can not help being drawn in the image on canvas due to the tidal wave in a slow manner on it. Colors are vibrantly applied on the iron sculptures as if they were composed of colored paintings folded just like Japanese origami. At the same time, some pictorial figures on canvas are also identical in the sculptures as though both painting and plane surface deliver the ease and pleasantness in hue. Having dedicated himself as an artist over 40 years, Hamada has reached the landmark stage seizing the opportunity of the exhibition at a public museum. We invite you to join us for Hamda's 11th exhibition at Base Gallery featuring exceptional collection of recent works. Toru HAMADA
1953 Born in Ehime, Japan, Lives and works in Paris Selected Solo Exhibitions:
1976 Galleria d'Arte Contemporaneo, Carrara, Italy
1988 Galerie K'Art, Paris (90, 91, 93, 96)
1988 Maison de la Culture du Japon a Paris, Paris
1989 Base Gallery, Tokyo (89, 90, 93, 94, 97, 99, 00, 01, 06, 10)
1995 Live Art Gallery, Matsuyama, Japan (97)
1996 Kodama Gallery, Osaka, Galerie Point JAL, Paris
1997 Galerie Di Meo, Paris (99, 02, 06), Satosanbo Gallery, Tobe, Japan (99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05)
2000 Osean 45, Miyazaki, Japan
2002 Gotenmachi Gallery, Uwajima, Japan (03, 04)
2003 Gallery MAP, Fukuoka, Today's Gallery, Ozu, Japan (04, 05, 07, 08, 09)
2006 Base Gallery
2007 Miurart Village Art Museum, Matsuyama
2008 Opus Gallery, Iyo
2010 The Museum of Art, EHIME, Matsuyama, Base Gallery, Tokyo Collections: Kawaguchiko Museum of Art, Yamanashi * The text provided by Base Gallery.