Yoshio Shirakawa is an artist. After graduated from the National Dusseldorf Art University in 1981, he is based in Gunma Prefecture. In 1993, he founded an art activity group “Place – Gunma,” which connected the neiborhood and art. In 2017 his work “Memorial for the Forced Labor of Koreans in Gunma Prefecture” has created a stir when removed just before the opening of ” Art of Gunma 2017-Where Contemporary Art is in the Local Community (Gunma Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, 2017)” . In addition to his three-dimensional works and paintings, his wide range of activities include as a writer including; “Dada in Japan 1920-1970” (1988-2005), “Art as a Gift” (2013), and “The Problem of Sculpture” (co-authored in 2017).
白川昌生は、美術作家。1981年デッセルドルフ國立美術大学を卒業した後、群馬県を拠点に活動。1993年には地域と美術をつなぐ美術活動団体「場所、群馬」を創設。2017年「群馬県朝鮮人強制連行慰霊碑」が「群馬の美術 2017 – 地域における現代美術の居場所」開催直前に出品取り消しとなり、話題を呼ぶ。立体作品や絵画作品のほか「日本のダダ 1920-1970」1988-2005年、「贈与としての美術」2013年、「彫刻の問題」共著2017年の執筆など多岐にわたる活動を行う。