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Suite: Olympic Centennial Une chaîne d'amitié
Yasse Tabuchi1992
The Olympic Museum
Lausanne, Switzerland
The work is based on the theme of friendship between people. In this abstract composition of coloured stripes, a red one made of five rings reminds us of the Olympic symbol, which was proposed by P. de Coubertin as a symbol to encourage world unity.
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- Title: Suite: Olympic Centennial Une chaîne d'amitié
- Creator Lifespan: 20 May 1921 - 24 November 2009
- Creator Nationality: Japanese
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Vauhallan, France
- Creator Birth Place: Kita-Kyûshû, Japan
- Date Created: 1992
- Location Created: France
- Physical Dimensions: w570 x h755 cm (Complete)
- Painter: Yasse Tabuchi
- Description: Signed: Tabuchi 92 lower down. From the 50 original works of the Olympic Centennial Suite, the IOC printed 250 lithographs of each work, all measuring 63/90cm, on Arches vellum paper (270 grams), signed by the artist and numbered
- Collection information: The "Olympic Centennial Suite ", brings together 50 works by international artists who are representative of the variety of contemporary artistic tendencies. It was created on the occasion of the centenary of the foundation of the International Olympic Committee in 1994. For the choice of the works, the IOC brought in two prestigious French art critics, Gérard Xuriguera and Francis Parent. More than two years were necessary to constitute this Suite, with the aim of representing, in just 50 works, the multiplicity of creative work produced over the last five decades, from the figurative to the abstract, from hyperrealism to minimalism, from the new figurative school to abstract expressionism, as well as geometrism, conceptual art, and body art. It was decided that each international artist selected should create a work on a two-dimensional support. Some of these artists, aware of the importance of the message of the Olympic Movement, have rendered this spirit a special homage, while always remaining faithful to their own personal style. This "Suite" can be qualified as the jewel of the art collection of The Olympic Museum.
- Artistic school or movement: After attending Kyoto High School, Yasse Tabuchi studied art history at Tokyo University. In 1951, he was the first Japanese artist to visit France after the war, and he studied at the Sorbonne. A long-standing friend of Foujita, in 1953 Tabuchi became acquainted with Alechinsky, Appel, Corneille and Hundertwasser. At the time, he was greatly influenced by Surrealism. Until 1960, his colour was limited to a combination of sombre black and tragic red. But at the end of the same year, after a trip to India, Tabuchi discovered the chromatic explosion of Asio. He understood how to combine the oil painting technique from the West, which he had gone to France to perfect, with the Eastern spirit. His artwork can best be described as “Hokusai’s wave”, with its waterfalls and sparkling abstractions, just as fantasy and the clear colours mix on the poetic and life-affirming paintings. Tabuchi’s painting explodes like an apple opening up. Yasse Tabuchi lived in Vauhallan, in France, until his death, and exhibited in the leading galleries, biennales and museums all over the world.
- Type: Paintings
- Rights: International Olympic Committee, 2004, ©IOC/G.Peter
- Medium: Painting on paper
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