The exhibition marks an encounter between the quintessence of contemporary art (Toshioka Collection) and the serious competition between young Asian sculptors (Oita Asian Sculpture Exhibition).
In the late 1980s, while working in research and development at a pharmaceutical company, Mr. Sadao Toshioka became interested in the tribal art of South America and Oceania, and began collecting it. His interest shifted to contemporary art, and he visited galleries around the country, tirelessly collecting a wide range of works by both established and young artists from Japan and abroad.
In 2013, Oita Prefecture received a donation of the collection from Mr. Toshioka, which would be shown and researched extensively at the Prefectural Art Museum.
The Oita Asian Sculpture Exhibition has been held at the Asakura Fumio Memorial Hall in Bungo Ono since 1992, with the aim of discovering and fostering up-and-coming artists who will bring new life to the world of Asian sculpture
By bringing together the Toshioka Collection, the essence of contemporary art, and the Oita Asian Sculpture Exhibition, a stage for young Asian sculptors to compete in a serious competition, the exhibition brings to life the "diverse present" of artists who continue to boldly challenge new forms of expression unconstrained by existing frameworks.
Artists - Toshioka Collection: Noriko Abe, Tamame Akamatsu, Miho Akioka, Suzy Amakane, Shigeo Anzai, Noe Aoki, Ryoko Aoki, Yae Asano, Daniel Buren, Toshikatsu Endo, Holly Farrell, Katharina Fritsch, Yukio Fujimoto, Atsushi Fukui, Sawako Goda, Nobuhiko Haijima, Yuu Hanabusa, Yu Hirai, Nobuyuki Hiramatsu, Tomokazu Hiroe, Yasuko Iba, Akio Igarashi, Leiko Ikemura, Takashi Inaba, Junko Ishiro, Naomi Iwaki, Arimichi Iwasawa, Alan Johnston, Tomoko Kashiki, Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Mokuma Kikuhata, Hiroshi Kitao, Ken Kitano, Yoshihiko Kitano, Imi Knoebel, Yasue Kodama, Sako Kojima, Masakatsu Kondo, Masataka Kubota, Mitsunori Kurashige, Natsuki Kurimoto, Tadaaki Kuwayama, Rei Naito, Natsuyuki Nakanishi, Daisuke Nakayama, Yoshitomo Nara, Kohei Nawa, Yohei Nishimura, Yuji Noda, Naofumi Maruyama, Takesada Matsutani, Kumiyo Mishima, Toyoharu Miyazaki, Yutaka Moriguchi, Yasumasa Morimura, Saburo Muraoka, Kyoko Murase, Kenichi Ogawa, Shinji Ogawa, Tomoji Ogawa, Yuri Ogawa, Yoshiko Okagami, Chiiko Oshie, Yuka Otani, Giulio Paolini, Elizabeth Peyton, Yoshie Sakai, Ai Sasaki, Cindy Sherman, Tamotsu Shiihara, Ushio Shinohara, Tomoaki Shitara, Satoru Shoji, Frances Scholz, Masahiro Suda, Kenji Sugiyama, Wakiro Sumi, Masaki Takahashi, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Chiezo Taro, Toeko Tatsuno, Yuki Tawada, Shuko Terada, Takeshi Tsuchitani, Yuko Uryu, Masaaki Yamada, Masako Yasuki, Hidemi Yokomizo, Simon Yotsuya.
Prize-winning Artists at the Oita Asian Sculpture Exhibition: Chatchwan Amsomkid, Tokuzo Asano, Sanil Bindani, Kaori Fukunaga, Takayuki Kanamura, Kotaro Miyanaga, Takaya Mori, Philani Moyo, Kenjiro Nagata, Nardi, Hidenori Oi, Zhang Qiang, Masao Sasaki, Kazuaki Sato, Yuriko Sato, Savako, Shikow Sawada, Ronald Ventura.
Sources: Oita Prefectural Art Museum, exhibition checklist
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