Matsumoto City Museum of Art

Special Exhibition

　

Yasuka Sudo —Memories of Light and Darkness—

October2023－December12 Saturday, December 9, 2023 – Sunday, March 24, 2024
Special Exhibition Gallery

Exhibition flyer

The artist who died young, Yasuka Sudo

The painter Sudo Yasuka (30-1978) passed away at the young age of 2009 after a long battle with illness.
His beloved mother passed away during his adolescence, and he himself was forced into a long battle with illness. In the midst of the struggle between life and death, he continued to pursue the world of "light" through painting and poetry, and continued to confront the unfathomable "darkness" in his own heart.
Yasuka Sudo was born in Fukushima Prefecture in 1978, and moved to Yokosuka, Sapporo, Numazu, Tokyo, and Omi Village, Nagano Prefecture, due to her father's work. During her childhood in Kanagawa, she developed nephrotic syndrome and was repeatedly hospitalized, but she developed an obsession with drawing.While studying printmaking at Saitama Art University, he worked on farm work with his father in Omi Village on weekends, but in 2007, just as he was graduating from graduate school, he was diagnosed with cancer. Sudo became even more conscious of the end of his life, but he continued to devote himself to his work.
While anticipating her impending death, she painted portraits, self-portraits, imaginary landscapes and natural scenery, all of which are filled with joy and suffering, hope and despair, life and death. She left behind over 1,000 works in her all-too-short life. To prevent these works from being scattered, her father established the Koka Art Museum in Matsumoto City in 2012, and continues to carefully preserve her works. With the full cooperation of the Koka Art Museum, this exhibition is the first large-scale retrospective to approach the unknown Koka Sudo in her entirety.

List of works

Information

Session

October2023－December12

 Saturday, December 9, 2023 – Sunday, March 24, 2024
Open

9:00am to 17:00pm (no admission after 16:30pm)
Closed

Mondays (or the following weekday if Monday is a holiday), New Year's holiday (12/29 - 1/3)
Venue

Special Exhibition Gallery
Sponsorship

Matsumoto City Museum of Art
Co-sponsored

SBC Shinetsu Broadcasting, Shinano Mainichi Newspaper, Shimin Times
Special Cooperation

Kanghua Art Museum
Fees

Adult: 1,000 Yen
University/high school students and Matsumoto residents aged 70 and over: 700 yen

  • Free for junior high school students and younger, and free for those with a disability certificate and one carer
  • Groups of 20 or more receive a 200 yen discount
  • University and high school students and Matsumoto residents aged 70 or older must present identification (student ID, driver's license, etc.) on the day of viewing.

The ticket for this exhibition also includes access to the collection exhibits on the 3rd floor.

Ticket agency: Matsumoto City Museum of Art (ticket sales at the counter and online tickets)

Related Events

Gallery talk by the museum curator

Date and Time
January 1th (Thursday), February 18nd (Thursday), March 2th (Friday) from 22:3
Prices
Free (However, a valid exhibition ticket for that day is required)
Capacity
First 10 people
set
2nd floor, in front of the special exhibition room
Application
Must not

Gallery talk by a museum curator (with sign language interpretation)

Date and Time
March 3th (Tuesday) 19:14~ (approx. 00 minutes)
Prices
Free (however, a valid exhibition ticket for the day is required) * Free admission for persons with disabilities and one caregiver (please present your disability certificate when entering the museum).
Target/capacity
Six people who need sign language support and their caregivers (first come, first served)
set
2nd floor, in front of the special exhibition room
Application
Advance registration required. Please see the link below.

Discussion "Understanding the World of Yasuka Sudo"

lecturer
Masachika Sudo (Director of the Yasuka Art Museum), Minoru Ogawa (Director of the Matsumoto City Museum of Art)
Date and Time
1 month 27 day (Saturday) 14: 00 ~ 15: 30
Venue
Auditorium
Capacity
First 50 people
Prices
Free

Workshops

① Thorough copperplate printing experience

lecturer
Hiroshi Kido (Rin Print Studio)
Date and Time
February 2th (Sun) and 4th (Sun) 18:13-30:16 (30 consecutive sessions)
Venue
Lecture room/Citizens' studio
Capacity
First 12 people
Prices
3,000 yen
Target
Junior high school students and above
Belongings
Apron, sketch (postcard size)

②Enjoyable paper printmaking experience

lecturer
Hiroshi Kido (Rin Print Studio)
Date and Time
2 month 18 (day) 10: 30 ~ 12: 00
Venue
Lecture room/Citizens' studio
Capacity
First 12 people
Prices
400 yen
Target
Elementary and junior high school students (elementary school students in the third grade or below must be accompanied by a guardian)
Belongings
Apron, if available, a rough draft (postcard size)

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