Tetsumi Kudo

Andrea Rosen presents the gallery’s third exhibition on the work of Tetsumi Kudo, bringing together a survey of approximately 8 string works and over 20 cages.

Andrea Rosen presents the gallery’s third exhibition exploring the work and ideas of Tetsumi Kudo (1935-1990). Building on past shows that surveyed Kudo’s career and contextualized it vis-á-vis contemporaries like Paul Thek, Hannah Wilke, and Alina Szapocznikow, the current presentation will examine the artist’s development in the 1970s and ‘80s, highlighting the spiritual and symbolic currents to which Mike Kelley identified in an essay for Kudo’s 2008 retrospective at the Walker Art Center.

Tetsumi Kudo, La Vie confortable, cinq pièces, aclmes chauffage central, électro regulateur, appareil gymnastique, plein soleil, petit jardin avec fleurs et pollution, taxes, TVA, et tout compris, 1972-1973. Mixed media construction, 41 x 50 x 37 cm. In cooperation with Hiroko Kudo and the estate of the artist. © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Estate of Tetsumi Kudo, Hiroko Kudo. — Tetsumi Kudo, *La Vie confortable, cinq pièces, aclmes chauffage central, électro regulateur, appareil gymnastique, plein soleil, petit jardin avec fleurs et pollution, taxes, TVA, et tout compris,* 1972-1973. Mixed media construction, 41 x 50 x 37 cm. In cooperation with Hiroko Kudo and the estate of the artist. © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Estate of Tetsumi Kudo, Hiroko Kudo.

It highlights the spiritual and symbolic currents to which Mike Kelley identified in an essay for Kudo’s 2008 retrospective at the Walker Art Center.

Tetsumi Kudo, To Kill Is to Let Live (A), 1987. Kite, wood, thread, adhesive, 348 x 48.5 x 12.75 cm. In cooperation with Hiroko Kudo and the estate of the artist. © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Estate of Tetsumi Kudo, Hiroko Kudo. — Tetsumi Kudo, *To Kill Is to Let Live (A)*, 1987. Kite, wood, thread, adhesive, 348 x 48.5 x 12.75 cm. In cooperation with Hiroko Kudo and the estate of the artist. © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Estate of Tetsumi Kudo, Hiroko Kudo.

The exhibition at the Andrea Rosen Gallery brings together a survey of approximately eight string works and over twenty cages, spanning from 1966-1988. In these, body parts meld with transistors and circuit boards sprout plastic flowers.

14 October – 16 November 2016
Tetsumi Kudo
Andrea Rosen Gallery
525 West 24th Street, New York

Tetsumi Kudo

Andrea Rosen presents the gallery’s third exhibition on the work of Tetsumi Kudo, bringing together a survey of approximately 8 string works and over 20 cages.

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