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Illiterate, Matsumoto is fascinated by writing. On calendar pages, brochures, questionnaires or forms, which he collects, he tirelessly copies literary texts, TV programs or notes of his own. Gathered and packaged in sealed envelopes, some of these writings are part of a fictitious epistolary collection. Presented for the first time in 2003 at the Collection of Art Brut (Lausanne), he was exhibited in 2015 at the Maison rouge (Paris) and in 2020 in Scrivere Designando : quand la langue cherche son autre, by curators Andréa Bellini and Sarah Lombardi, at the Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève. A significant number of his works was donated to the Centre Pompidou in 2021.

kunizo matsumoto - © christian berst — art brut
Date 1962 —
Country Japan

Kunizo Matsumoto is in charge of the dishes in the family restaurant in Osaka. He obsessively collects a variety of printed brochures of Kabuki theater, exhibition catalogues, guides, etc. His room is filled up with these objects and no one has the right to touch them. He can neither read nor write, yet in 1985, he began to create his own ideograms. Sometimes he copies passages from Kabuki plays. Once the sheet is blackened, he continues “writing” in the air, creating an imaginary dance choreography. In the evening, when all family members are asleep, he writes on the restaurant calendar or in the notebooks in his room.

Artworks
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untitled, 2012
4.33 x 5.91 in
untitled - © christian berst — art brut
untitled, 2013
4.33 x 6.69 in
untitled, 2010
12.6 x 7.48 in
untitled - © christian berst — art brut
untitled, 2013
4.33 x 6.3 in
untitled - © christian berst — art brut
untitled, 2011
7.48 x 12.99 in
untitled - © christian berst — art brut
untitled, 2010
4.33 x 11.42 in
untitled - © christian berst — art brut
untitled, 2013
4.33 x 5.91 in
untitled, 2010
8.27 x 16.14 in
untitled, 2012
4.33 x 5.91 in
Catalog
Do the write thing read between the lines #2
Catalogue published to mark the exhibition *Do the write thing #2 : read between the lines *, christian berst art brut, Paris, 2018. - © christian berst — art brut

Preface : Eric Dussert
Foreword : Christian Berst
Catalog published to mark the exhibition Do the write thing : read between the lines #2, from April 26th to June 2nd, 2018.

Exhibitions
The words to say it #1
curator: laurianne melierre, main gallery. From April 11 to May 11, 2024.
BAD+
second edition, Hangar 14, Bordeaux. From May 5 to 7, 2023.
Power(less)
DOX centre d'art contemporain, Prague. June 3, 2022.
do the write thing :
read between the lines #3, main gallery. From April 2 to May 22, 2022.
Holding On To It
Heidi Gallery, Berlin. From January 27 to March 5, 2022.
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Dans un pli du temps
Art et marges museum, Bruxelles. From October 7, 2021 to March 13, 2022.
Scrivere Disegnando
when the language seeks its other, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève . From January 29 to August 23, 2020.
drawing now 2019
Carreau du Temple. From March 27 to 30, 2019.
do the write thing 2
read between the lines, at the gallery. From April 26 to June 2, 2018.
drawing now 2018
Carreau du Temple. From March 22 to 25, 2018.
The Museum of everything
Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania. From June 17, 2017 to April 2, 2018.
PreTENse
at the Gallery. From September 12 to October 10, 2015.
Art brut live
DOX centre for contemporary art, Praha. From March 27 to August 17, 2015.
(OFF)ICIELLE
cité de la mode et du design. From October 22 to 26, 2014.
art brut masterpieces and discoveries
carte blanche à bruno decharme, at the gallery. From October 21 to November 29, 2014.
Art brut
ABCD Collection / Bruno Decharme, la Maison rouge, Paris. From October 17, 2014 to January 18, 2015.
Ecriture en délire
Collection de l'art brut Lausanne. From February 12 to September 26, 2004.
Exhibition view *Do the write thing #3 , read between the lines *, christian berst art brut, Paris, 2022 - © christian berst — art brut
Exhibition view of *art brut - collection abcd / bruno decharme*, la Maison Rouge, Paris, 2015. - © la Maison Rouge, christian berst — art brut
exhibition view of *holding on to it*, curator : Pauline Seguin, Heidi gallery, Berlin, 2022 - © © Diana Pfammatter, christian berst — art brut
exhibition view of *scrivere disegnando : when language seeks its over*, contemporary art center, genova, switzerland, 2020. - © contemporary art center of geneva, christian berst — art brut
*(off)icielle*, cité de la mode et du design, paris, from october 22nd to 26th, 2014. - © christian berst art brut, christian berst — art brut
exhibition view of *holding on to it*, curator : Pauline Seguin, Heidi gallery, Berlin, 2022 - © © Diana Pfammatter, christian berst — art brut
Press review
christian berst art brut unveils two new exhibitions
Photos : Michaël Huard, Saywho. April 16, 2024.
BAD+, une foire qui a besoin de temps
Stéphanier Pioda, Le Quotidien De L’art. May 10, 2023.
BAD+ Art fair 2023
Art Plugged. May 9, 2023.
À Bordeaux, BAD+ se bonifie
Alexandre Crochet, The Art Newspaper. May 5, 2023.
press-review-1124
Armelle Malvoisin, Beaux Arts Magazine. April 28, 2023.
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BAD+ Art fair 2023
Davide Landoni, ArtsLife. April 18, 2023.
scrivere disegnando. Quand la langue cherche son autre.
Claire Margat, Artpress. May 22, 2020.
Text Messages from the Margins
Rob Colvin, Hyperallergic. December 8, 2014.
art brut, masterpieces & découvertes carte blanche à Bruno Decharme
La Rédaction, Art Actuel. October 25, 2014.
Collections
Musée national d’art moderne (Pompidou)
France
collection de l’Art brut
Switzerland
Carmen and Daniel Klein collection
Switzerland
Antoine Frérot collection
France
abcd / Bruno Decharme collection
France
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Treger Saint Silvestre collection
Portugal
Piet Meyer collection
Switzerland
Kunizo Matsumoto

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