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DESCRIPTION:This retrospective exhibition highlights the work of Ottawa-bas
 ed artist Norman Takeuchi. Together\, an array of drawings\, paintings\, a
 nd prints spanning the years 1961 to 2022 demonstrate the continuity of hi
 s artistic rigour. These works also make known the artist’s personal eng
 agement with the impact of the Japanese Canadian internment and forced dis
 persal during World War II\, and ultimate acceptance of his cultural herit
 age.\n\nArranged thematically\, the works in the exhibition reveal the art
 ist’s variety of subject and technique\, yet also demonstrate a continui
 ty of recurring motifs\, technique\, and material. Takeuchi’s use of abs
 tract painting\, first learned at the Vancouver School of Art in the late 
 1950s\, is a constant. Another is his use of a collage-like aesthetic thro
 ughout his compositions\, such as combining the minimalist lines of Pop ar
 t with gestural abstract forms. His skills in drawing and graphic art are 
 persistently present. This exhibition reveals for the first time examples 
 from his little-known graphic art career. He worked as a graphic designer 
 at Expo 67 in Montreal and Expo 70 in Osaka\, and then at the Canadian Mus
 eum of Natural Sciences (now the Canadian Museum of Nature) for several de
 cades.\n\nTakeuchi has applied these techniques over the years to recurrin
 g subject matter. He has consistently addressed social injustice through d
 epicting common participants\, such as the survivor\, protester\, or bysta
 nder\, in global news coverage of events. As the artist began to contend w
 ith his own past\, he drew from archival imagery of the Japanese Canadian 
 internment and included emergent references to this thought process throug
 hout nature-based still life drawings. As he continues to learn more about
  his own heritage\, Takeuchi’s works now incorporate Japanese cultural r
 eferences\, including art historical motifs from nineteenth-century woodbl
 ock prints and more\, bringing them into dialogue with his own unique abst
 ract forms in singular compositions.\n\nViewing Norman Takeuchi’s decade
 s of work together here not only demonstrates the result of a skilled and 
 unique artistic practice\, but also his story of finding an increasingly h
 onest understanding of his own past\, and embracing the collective legacy 
 of his community.\n\nCurators: Catherine Sinclair\, Sachiko Okuda\, Bryce
  Kanbara\nResearch Assistance: Michael Abe\, Moonsun Choi\, Sarah Jasmine
  Hodgson\, Matt Miwa\, Éloïse Mutombo\, Emily Putnam\, Ann Sunahara\nExh
 ibition Design: Leah Ross\nTechnical Team: Jennifer Gilliland\, Dan Aust
 in\, Rob Keefe\, Mark Garland\, Ryan Forget\, Neil Hossack\nEditors: Lucy
  Trew\, Véronique Couillard\nFrench Translation: Marie-Camille Lalande\n
 \nThe Ottawa Art Gallery is grateful for the work of Marion Takeuchi and m
 embers of the Japanese Canadian community for their consultation and input
  into the development of this exhibition.\n\nThe Ottawa Art Gallery would 
 also like to acknowledge the support of the Embassy of Japan in Canada\, t
 he Ottawa Japanese Community Association\, the City of Ottawa\, the Ontari
 o Arts Council\, and the Canada Council for the Arts.
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SUMMARY:Norman Takeuchi's Shapes in Between Retrospective in Ottawa!!
URL:/en/events/2023/04/01/norman-takeuchis-shapes-in-between-retrospective/
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