Meet Alexandre Imai — Heir to the Informel Lineage, Creator of 100,000 Abstract Works
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Drawn to abstract painting but not sure where to begin? Alexandre Imai is the artist we would introduce you to first.
The Informel Lineage
Born in Paris in 1959, Alexandre Imai is the son of Toshimitsu Imai, the painter who brought the Art Informel movement to post-war Japan. He spent his childhood moving between Paris and Japan, shaping his sensibility between two cultures and two languages.
The Body and the Painting
In the 1980s he went to England, broadening his practice while studying under photographer David Bailey. After returning to Japan, he has continued to explore "the relationship between the body and painting" and "the record of time and action" through impasto abstraction, splash techniques, live painting and more.
With more than 100,000 works to date, his prolific energy and free spirit give him a distinctive presence on the art scene in Japan and abroad.
Your First Piece
ART & DAY offers a wide range of his work, from the canvases Cross and Butterfly (¥60,000 each) to the works on paper Heart and Drawing — Face (¥12,000 each). The unique 50-page Alexandre Imai Art Book (¥350,000) is a special piece that lets you keep the artist's time itself close at hand.