The work of Japanese-Swiss painter Teruko Yokoi (1924–2020) is characterised by unflagging creative energy and constant evolution. This book takes an in-depth look at her painting methods and her own vocabulary of abstraction, which was formulated over the course of a long artistic career. Art historian Kuniko Satonobu Spirig, who is also of Japanese origin, analyses and explains cultural and biographical relations in Yokoi’s art, as well as the influences of abstract expressionism on her painting technique.<\/p>\n
Raised in the city of Tsushima on the Japanese island of that name, Yokoi moved to Tokyo in 1949, where she attended the private Joshibi University of Art and Design (Joshibijutsu Daigaku). In 1954, she went to the United States, where she completed her education at the San Francisco Art Institute and with painters Hans Hofmann and Julian E. Levi in New York. There she met artists such as Sam Francis—whom she married in 1959— Mark Rothko, and Kenzo Okada. In this environment, she drew new energy and began to develop her own style of abstraction and to invent her own idiom. In 1962, she moved to Switzerland, where she lived and worked tirelessly in the city of Bern until her death.<\/p>\n
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Sheds light on the painting methods and visual vocabulary of Japanese-Swiss painter Teruko Yokoi (1924–2020). Text in English and Japanese.
6 Prolog
\n18 Towards Abstraction
\nand Diamonds
\n30 Abstract Expressionism
\nin the Diamond
\n36 Spots
\n44 Ryokan’s Points:
\nExpanding Yokoi’s
\nVocabulary of Abstraction
\n56 Empty Space
\n62 Image
\n68 Autumn Poem:
\nPainting with Calligraphy
\n74 Poppies
\n80 Epilog:
\nYokoi as a Woman Artist
\n86 Afterword
\n94 List of Works<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":59486,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5568],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-59485","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-art","7":"author-by-author-kuniko-satonobu-spirig","8":"publisher-scheidegger-und-spiess-ag-verlag","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n