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Ryuji Tanaka Axel Vervoordt Gallery 24 August–4 November 2016 Coda Designer Centre, Hong Kong
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Ryuji Tanaka was a member of the Pan-real Art Association and the Gutai Art Association, two avant-garde groups that were greatly significant to post-war Japanese art. Tanaka was one of the founders of the Pan-real Art Association and he remained a member from 1948 until 1951. Pan-real was known for their urge to loosen the restrictions concerning the motifs and styles of nihon-ga—traditional Japanese painting—by actively introducing avant-garde elements found in yōga—Western-style painting—to the genre. Tanaka’s works from this early period are figurative and influenced by Surrealism, while also revealing his preference for nihon-ga materials: natural pigments and minerals dissolved in animal glue.

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About the Gallery

Boris Vervoordt created the Axel Vervoordt Gallery in 2011. The gallery opened in a historic space in the centre of Antwerp with an exhibition by Günther Uecker. Boris chose to open the gallery in the same exact place where his father had mounted exhibitions for Uecker and Jef Verheyen in the 1970s. The first exhibition—and those that followed—linked this new start to the company’s long history with art and its original home in the Vlaeykensgang. This continued a path of more than 40 years of working closely with artists.

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Coda Designer Centre
62 Wong Chuk Hang Road
Wong Chuk Hang
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Opening Hours
Wednesday – Saturday
11am – 7pm
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Hong Kong Coda Designer Centre, 62 Wong Chuk Hang Road
Axel Vervoordt Gallery contemporary art gallery in Coda Designer Centre Hong Kong
Axel Vervoordt Gallery
Coda Designer Centre, 62 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
+ 852 250 322 20
http://www.axel-vervoordt.com

Opening hours
Wednesday – Saturday
11am – 7pm
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