Peter Freeman, Inc.
Gōzō Yoshimasu , Japan
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"Cher Monstre"
Courtesy Peter Freeman, Inc., New York / Paris & Take Ninagawa, Tokyo. © Gozo Yoshimasu.
Peter Freeman, Inc. is pleased to present the exhibition “Dear Monster” by Gōzō Yoshimasu (born in 1939 in Tokyo). A poet, photographer, performer, and filmmaker active since the 1960s, he has continually expanded the forms and scope of his poetic practice.
Deeply affected by the March 11, 2011, disaster in Tōhoku, Japan, he initiated Dear Monster (2013–2016), a vast body of works on paper, thirteen of which are brought together in this exhibition. Interweaving autograph manuscripts and transcriptions of writings by his mentor, the poet and philosopher Takaaki Yoshimoto (1924–2012), these works combine collages, line drawings, calligraphic gestures, and splashes and blocks of brightly colored paint, sometimes to the point of rendering the text illegible. This project is part of a “poetic duty” of memory, where the desire for erasure and the force of life coexist in a single movement.
Following in its wake, the series Fire Embroidery (2016–2018) and Voix (2019–2020) continue this exploration of memory, loss, and poetic transformation, deepening the dialogue between text and image that runs through her entire body of work. At the same time, a set of five Polaroids from the series Momentary Ecriture (1999–2000),
conceived as a travel journal whose reverse sides serve as supports for texts, bears witness to her photographic practice and extends this search for an expanded form of writing, where image, voice, and handwritten trace respond to one another.
Solo show by Gōzō Yoshimasu
From April 10 to May 5, 2026
Rendez-Vous
Sunday 31 May 2026 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Closing and Tea time – Peter Freeman, Inc.
Paris, France 01 42 71 74 56 www.peterfreemaninc.com
The gallery
Founded in 1990, Peter Freeman, Inc. represents leading artists and major estates spanning several generations.
In 2006, Peter Freeman partnered with Galerie Nelson, which became Peter Freeman, Inc., Paris in 2013. After twenty years on rue Quincampoix (4th arrondissement), the gallery relocated in 2025 to rue de Montpensier (1st arrondissement), near the Palais-Royal.
In both New York and Paris, the gallery brings rare historical works into dialogue with contemporary creations, fostering close relationships with museum institutions.
Gallery artists
David Adamo, Dove Allouche, Silvia Bächli, Elisabetta Benassi, Anna and Bernhard Blume, Mel Bochner, Ernst Caramelle, Jan Dibbets, Robert Filliou, Fernanda Gomes, Josephine Halvorson, Alex Hay, Julije Knifer, Július Koller, Charles LeDray, Mangelos, Hendl Helen Mirra, Robert Moskowitz, Matt Mullican, Catherine Murphy, Nashashibi / Skaer, Roman Ondak, Charlotte Posenenske, N.H. Pritchard, Medardo Rosso, Anne-Marie Schneider, Thomas Schütte, Lucy Skaer, Mladen Stilinović, Myron Stout, Fiona Tan, Goran Trbuljak, Franz Erhard Walther, Richard Wentworth
