IMAIZUMI Yoshihiko
“I and Hi Red Center
--A Prologue to the Odd and Curious Affairs of
Us Painters--”
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English translation: ChatGPT
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Shin-ichi / NIOH-DACHI Club
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IMAIZUMI Yoshihiko 今泉省彦 (November 30, 1931 – July 13, 2010)
was my teacher as well as a Japanese artist, critic, and
organizer. He played a behind-the-scenes yet essential role in the
postwar Japanese avant-garde art scene, leaving a unique mark as a
“maker who did not make paintings.”
He was also widely known for his involvement in the founding of
The Bigakko (School of Visual Arts), an alternative art education
institution, where he served as its director from 1981 to 2000.
Through his writings, organizing activities, and support for
emerging artists, Imaizumi contributed greatly to the development
of experimental artistic practices in postwar Japan.
