Space In-Between: Shizuko Yoshikawa and Josef Müller-Brockmann
Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka
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Shizuko Yoshikawa, Josef Müller-Brockmann
This exhibition showcases the activities and work of the husband-and-wife couple of Josef Müller-Brockmann (1914–1996), Switzerland’s best-known typographer, and his wife, Japanese artist Shizuko Yoshikawa (1934–2019). The exhibition commemorates the 160th anniversary (in 2024) of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Switzerland and Japan, and is the first large-scale exhibition to feature either Yoshikawa or Müller-Brockmann in Japan.
The couple were both Zurich-based artists and teachers. After Müller-Brockmann’s death, Yoshikawa remained in Zurich, where she worked as a painter until the end of her life. The two met at the 1960 World Design Assembly in Tokyo. Yoshikawa, who had studied English at Tsuda University, was taking part in the assembly as an interpreter. Inspired by this global event, she moved to Zurich to study, and met Müller-Brockmann again there. Having established a bond of trust between them, the couple married, and spent the rest of their lives together while each breaking new ground as artists.
The purpose of this exhibition is to display both Müller-Brockmann’s superb structural designs and Yoshikawa’s works of art, and expand awareness of this unparalleled example of fruitful international collaboration between Switzerland and Japan.
The couple were both Zurich-based artists and teachers. After Müller-Brockmann’s death, Yoshikawa remained in Zurich, where she worked as a painter until the end of her life. The two met at the 1960 World Design Assembly in Tokyo. Yoshikawa, who had studied English at Tsuda University, was taking part in the assembly as an interpreter. Inspired by this global event, she moved to Zurich to study, and met Müller-Brockmann again there. Having established a bond of trust between them, the couple married, and spent the rest of their lives together while each breaking new ground as artists.
The purpose of this exhibition is to display both Müller-Brockmann’s superb structural designs and Yoshikawa’s works of art, and expand awareness of this unparalleled example of fruitful international collaboration between Switzerland and Japan.
Schedule | Dec 21 (Sat) 2024-Mar 2 (Sun) 2025 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥1700, University and High School Students ¥1100, Junior High School Students and Under free. | ||||
| Website | https://nakka-art.jp/en/exhibition-post/sib-2024-en/ | ||||
| Venue | Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka https://nakka-art.jp/en/ | ||||
| Location | 4-3-1 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-0005 | ||||
| Access | 5 minute walk from exit 2 at Watanabebashi Station on the Keihan line, 10 minute walk from exit 4 at Higobashi Station on the Yotsubashi subway line, 10 minute walk from exit 2 at Shin-Fukushima Station on the JR Tozai line, 10 minute walk from exit 3 at Fukushima Station on the Hanshin line. | ||||
| Phone | 06-4301-7285 |
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