GALLERY KOGURE

The Bell Masao Tsuruoka 鶴岡政男 (Pastel on paper) 25.8×36.3cm 1967

鶴岡政男 個展
Masao Tsuruoka Solo Exhibition
21 – 28 July 2025
会期
2025年7月21日~7月28日
12:00 – 18:00
会期中無休
GALLREY KOGURE
〒101-0051 東京都千代田区神田神保町2-14-19

GALLERY KOGUREは、生涯を通じて人間をモチーフに作品を制作し続けた画家・鶴岡政男の個展を開催いたします。鶴岡は、人間がもつ矛盾や不条理を鋭くユーモラスに描き、日本の戦後洋画界の中で異彩を放つ存在として注目されてきました。

人間には、合理と非合理、喜びと悲しみ、正常と異常といった、相反するものが当たり前のように同時に存在しています。鶴岡は、そうした人間の矛盾と多義性を肯定も否定もせずに、人間そのものを愛しました。そして、その周りに起きる現象も含めて戯画化あるいは記号化することで、人という存在の多様な側面をとらえようとしました。本展では、鶴岡のパステル画を中心に展覧いたします。ぜひご高覧ください。

鶴岡政男

1907年 群馬県高崎生まれ
1922年 太平洋画会研究所に入り、靉光や井上長三郎らと交流
1930年 公募団体NOVA美術協会の結成に参加
1937年 兵役のため中国に渡る(1940年除隊)
1943年 松本竣介らと新人画会を結成
1945年 東京大空襲にてそれ以前のほぼすべての作品を焼失
1953年 《重い手》(1949年)がサンパウロ・ビエンナーレに出品
1954年 雑誌の座談会で「事ではなく物を描く」ことを主唱
1950年~60年代 数々の展覧会に参加、個展を開催
1979年 群馬県立近代美術館にて「鶴岡政男の全貌:戦後洋画の異才」開催
     死去

Details
21 – 28 July 2025
12:00 – 18:00
Everyday
GALLERTY KOGURE
2-14-19 Kandajinbocho Chiyoda-ku TOKYO
#101-0051

GALLERY KOGURE is holding a solo exhibition of Masao Tsuruoka, an artist who consistently focused on the human figure throughout his career.
Tsuruoka’s work reflects the contradictions and irrational aspects of human nature, expressed with a balance of sharp observation and subtle humor. He stood out within the postwar Western-style painting scene in Japan for his unique approach.

Human beings naturally hold opposing qualities—reason and emotion, joy and sorrow, normality and abnormality. Rather than emphasizing one side over the other, Tsuruoka accepted these contradictions and viewed them as part of what it means to be human.
Through simplified forms and playful distortions, he aimed to capture the complexity and ambiguity of people and the situations around them.

This exhibition features a selection of his pastel works. We invite you to take this opportunity to view and reflect on his perspective on humanity.

Masao Tsuruoka

1907 Born in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture.
1922 Entered the Taiheiyō-Gakai Kenkyūjo (Pacific Painting Society Research Institute) and began associating with artists such as Aimitsu and Chōsaburō Inoue.
1930 Participated in the founding of the open-submission art group NOVA Art Association.
1937 Drafted into military service and sent to China; discharged in 1940.
1943 Co-founded the Shinjin Gakai (Emerging Artists Party) with Shunsuke Matsumoto and others.
1945 Lost nearly all of his earlier works in the Tokyo air raids.
1953 His painting “Heavy Hand” (1949) was exhibited at the São Paulo Biennale.
1954 Advocated for “painting things, not events” in a roundtable discussion published in a magazine.
1950s – 60s Actively participated in various exhibitions and held solo shows.
1979 A retrospective exhibition titled Post-war Western Drawings for Unique Talented Artists – Masao Tsuruoka’s Whole Story- was held at the Museum of Modern Art, Gunma.
    Passed away the same year.

Black Board (Pastel and collage on paper) 38×53.8cm 1962

死者を運ぶ Carrying the Dead (Pastel on paper) 36.5×52.5cm 1960

柄的人間 (Pastel on paper) 25.8×36.3cm 1966

犬を連れた人 People with Dogs  (Pastel on paper) 26.5x37cm

水の中 In the Water (Pastel on paper) 35x50cm 1968

PAGE TOP