Exhibition

Onishi Shigeru: Photography and Painting

Saturday, January 31 - Sunday, March 29, 2026

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Onishi Shigeru (1928–1994) was an unparalleled artist who forged a singular path through mathematics, photography, and painting. This is his first major retrospective in Japan, having been acclaimed in Europe and America, including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In the 1950s, as postwar Japan began to surge forward, Onishi presented the world with his unique photography and painting based on topological mathematics. His work astonished contemporary pioneers such as Takiguchi Shuzo and Michel Tapié and is currently being reevaluated. This exhibition explores the work of this internationally active yet largely undiscovered genius and is not to be missed.