Artists Space

Yasunao Tone Film Screening #3

Screening
March 18, 2023, 7:30pm

Light Industry (361 Stagg Street, Suite 407)

Masao Adachi, Galaxy, 1967, 75 min

Sepia toned image of a figure leaning over and biting the neck and shoulder of another figure that leans back, their face contorted in pain.
Masao Adachi, Galaxy, 1967 [Sepia toned image of a figure leaning over and biting the neck and shoulder of another figure that leans back, their face contorted in pain.]

Yasunao Tone (b. Tokyo, Japan, 1935) is a multidisciplinary artist working in New York City. Tone graduated from Chiba University in 1957 with a major in Japanese literature and became an important figure in postwar Japanese art during the 1960s. He was a key member of Group Ongaku, Team Random, and the Japanese branch of Fluxus, and was involved with several other collectives and artists such as the Neo-Dada Organizers, Hi-Red Center, and Butoh founder Tatsumi Hijikata. Relocating to the United States in 1972, he has since been a crucial force in the philosophical and material advancement of durational art across myriad live forms, gaining a legendary reputation as a musician, performer, and writer. He has collaborated with a prolific range of dancers, visual artists, and musicians including Merce Cunningham, Blondell Cummings, Allan Kaprow, Senga Nengudi, Butch Morris, and George Maciunas.

Major support for Yasunao Tone: Region of Paramedia is provided by The Agency for Cultural Affairs Government of Japan (Bunka-cho Art Platform Japan), Taka Ishii Gallery and Joe & Nancy Walker. Exhibition support is provided by James Cahn & Jeremiah Collatz, Gretchen Gonzales Davidson, Fridman Gallery, Stephanie LaCava, and the Japan Foundation, New York.

Support for Artists Space’s exhibitions and programs is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation, The Cowles Charitable Trust, The Cy Twombly Foundation, The Teiger Foundation, The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, Imperfect Family Foundation, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, The Stavros Niarchos Foundation, The Willem de Kooning Foundation, The Fox Aarons Foundation, Herman Goldman Foundation, The Destina Foundation, The Luce Foundation, May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Arison Arts Foundation, The David Rockefeller Fund, The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, The Jill and Peter Kraus Foundation, The Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation.

    Sepia toned image of three figures standing in the middle of the street. The figure on the left wears a white dress that flows in the wind, while the middle figure wears a button down shirt and stands in a pool of white liquid spilled on the ground. The third figure on the right wears a striped cloth over their body.
    Masao Adachi, Galaxy, 1967 [Sepia toned image of three figures standing in the middle of the street. The figure on the left wears a white dress that flows in the wind, while the middle figure wears a button down shirt and stands in a pool of white liquid spilled on the ground. The third figure on the right wears a striped cloth over their body.]