Art Book Genichiro Inokuma Cats
Art Book Genichiro Inokuma Cats
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This is an art book full of nothing but Genichiro Inokuma’s cat drawings .
Cats were one of Genichiro Inokuma’s (1902–1993) favorite motifs. The Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art holds a collection of over 700 artworks of cats by Inokuma.
Cats were a motif Genichiro Inokuma (1902-93) felt a particular fondness for. Both he and his wife liked cats, and at one time, they kept a dozen cats in their house. Living with cats around him every day, Inokuma naturally came to view them with an artist’s eye. The wide range of his cat depictions—from realistic sketches to simple line drawings and oil paintings using formal distortion—is testimony to his love of cats and efforts to capture their essence. This exhibition will look at Inokuma’s cat pictures from varying perspectives, such as style, technique, and how he combines cats with other motifs. We invite you to enjoy Genichiro Inokuma’s unique world of cats—a world born of his objective study of cats as a motif and his deep respect for them as friends.
From June to September 2015, our museum held a special exhibition titled Genichiro Inokuma: Cats. This art book was published as a related catalogue. It features 108 works focusing mainly on line drawings, showcasing a total of 690 unique cats in various poses.
The Art book also includes special poems titled Neko-tachi by Shuntaro Tanikawa, essays by Inokuma about cats, and an interview with his disciple, the painter Shigeo Arai.
Category: Books / Catalogues
Motif: Cats
Size: 18.2 cm (H) × 18.2 cm (W) × 2.4 cm (D)
Weight: 290 g
Other Details: B5 variant size, 128 pages
Author: Genichiro Inokuma
Special Contribution: Shuntaro Tanikawa
Planned by: ilove.cat
Supervision: Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, MIMOCA Foundation for the Promotion of Art and Culture
Art Direction & Book Design: Moe Furuya
Publisher: Little More
First Edition Published: June 13, 2015
ISBN: 978-4-89815-411-3
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