Discover the groundbreaking 20th-century painter and printmaker Yoshida Chizuko (1924–2017), a pioneering woman modernist in Japan. Yoshida Chizuko traces the evolution of the artist’s full career, from avant-garde abstraction in the late 1940s and 1950s to neon-colored Op art and works which drew inspiration from commercial advertising in the 1960s and 1970s, to her late career, which was heavily influenced by the natural world. “By bringing Chizuko into focus, we center the untold story of a radical woman artist gifted with a brilliant sense of color and pattern, who was incredibly but quietly prolific over six decades,” said exhibition organizer and curator Jeannie Kenmotsu, Ph.D., Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Curator of Asian Art.
Join us for lively conversation and hands-on workshops that make connections to your teaching.
- 5:15 – 6 pm – Visit Yoshida Chizuko with PAM Learning staff, Main Museum
- 5:15 – 6:15 pm – Drop-in art workshops, Fields Sunken Ballroom, Mark Building
- 6:15 – 7:30 pm – Presentation and discussion with curator Jeannie Kenmotsu, Ph.D., Fields Ballroom
Admission is free. Registration requested. Light refreshments provided. PDU credits available.