Yasse Tabuchi

YASSE TABUCHI (Japan 1921 - France, 2009). Untitled, 1992, from the series "Olympic Suite". Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper, 270 grams, copy 203/250. Hand signed and numbered. Size: 90 x 63 cm. The Olympic Suite is made up of 50 lithographs and serigraphs chosen to represent various contemporary artistic trends. It was published to commemorate the first centenary of modern Olympism. The artists chosen work in very diverse movements and styles, from the hyperrealism of Antonio López to the abstraction of Sol Lewitt, including abstract expressionism, the geometrism of Arden Quin, conceptual art, pop art, the new realism of Baldaccini and Rotella, and the new fauvism of Dokoupil, among others. Among the artists represented there are creators of great international renown, widely recognised by the critics. A watercolour painter, engraver, lithographer and ceramist, during the Second World War, at the age of 17, Yasse Tabuchi was called up for military service. In 1948 he returned to Tokyo, where he began his studies in art history, specialising in French painting. In 1951 Tabuchi travelled to Paris to continue his studies at the prestigious Sorbonne University, where he exhibited at the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, an association of Parisian artists focusing on abstract art. The lyrical abstraction he developed in his works led him to acquire great success in post-war French society. Specifically, Tabuchi's lyrical abstraction consisted in the rejection of the representation of objective reality, as this led the public to draw their own conclusions about the work. In 1958 Tabuchi took part in an exhibition of Japanese abstract art and became known in his native country. In 1985 he received an important award from the French government for his contribution to French heritage.