Image: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, has highlighted the work of Japanese artist Susumu Koshimizu in a social-media post focused on his ‘Red and Wood’ series. Published on 19 August 2026, the post presents Koshimizu as a significant figure in Japanese contemporary art and identifies his association with the Mono-ha movement.
According to the museum’s description, Koshimizu, born in 1944, became actively involved in Mono-ha from the late 1960s. The movement is associated with works that examine the relationships between materials, objects and space. Koshimizu’s practice during this period used natural materials including wood and stone, as well as iron, to foreground those relationships through installation.
The museum describes ‘Red and Wood’ as a series developed from the late 1970s through the 1980s. The available post does not provide individual work titles, dimensions, locations or details of a current exhibition. It also does not state that the series is being shown at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul.
Koshimizu’s connection to Mono-ha places the series within a broader postwar Japanese art context in which the physical properties of materials and their arrangement in space became central to artistic investigation. The museum’s wording specifically emphasizes the use of natural materials and the relationship between matter and spatial surroundings.
The online item is an institutional spotlight rather than an announcement of an exhibition or event. No event dates or venue information are supplied in the source material beyond the date of the museum’s post.
