Toyo Tsuchiya
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Toyo Tsuchiya is a Japanese born artist and photographer and one of the early artists involved in the Rivington School
art movement of the East Village
art scene of New York City
of the 1980s.
Toyo Tsuchiya moved from Japan
to New York
in 1980. He was a director of many of the performances and exhibitions at the club No Se No, which was the club that many of the Rivington School
artists would meet and perform and show their art work. As a photographer, Tsuchiya was able to document much of the early history of the Rivington School
.
Rivington School
Rivington School was a movement that emerged from the East Village art scene in the 1980s in New York City. Most of the artists of the Rivington School were either involved in welding, forging, performance or street painting.. The group started in 1983 and named themselves after an abandoned public...
art movement of the East Village
East Village, Manhattan
The East Village is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, lying east of Greenwich Village, south of Gramercy and Stuyvesant Town, and north of the Lower East Side...
art scene of New York City
New York City
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of the 1980s.
Toyo Tsuchiya moved from Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
to New York
New York
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in 1980. He was a director of many of the performances and exhibitions at the club No Se No, which was the club that many of the Rivington School
Rivington School
Rivington School was a movement that emerged from the East Village art scene in the 1980s in New York City. Most of the artists of the Rivington School were either involved in welding, forging, performance or street painting.. The group started in 1983 and named themselves after an abandoned public...
artists would meet and perform and show their art work. As a photographer, Tsuchiya was able to document much of the early history of the Rivington School
Rivington School
Rivington School was a movement that emerged from the East Village art scene in the 1980s in New York City. Most of the artists of the Rivington School were either involved in welding, forging, performance or street painting.. The group started in 1983 and named themselves after an abandoned public...
.