Posts tagged japanese art

G O  S E E:  G U T A I:  S P L E N D I D   P L A Y G R O U N D

the guggenheim, 15 february - 8 may, 2013

This Friday The Guggenheim opens to the public a collection spanning some 120 objects from 25 artists on loan from museums and private collections in Japan, America and Europe “featuring both iconic Gutai and lesser-known works to present a rich survey… Gutai: Splendid Playground explores the group’s radical experimentation across a range of media and styles, and demonstrates how individual artists pushed the limits of what art could be or mean in a post-atomic age.”

s a b u r o  m u r a k a m i  A R T I S T passing through, 1956 Murakim was part of the most important international avant-garde movements in Japan in the 1950s, called the Gutai, which “examined its aesthetic strategies in the cultural, social and political context of postwar Japan and the West… in an expanded, transnational history and critical discourse of modern art.” Passing Through is an example of what Murakim calls his ‘painting’ where his ‘marks’ were visible impressions created by running through a series of large paper panels stretched like canvas. watch here.

s a b u r o  m u r a k a m i  A R T I S T

passing through, 1956

Murakim was part of the most important international avant-garde movements in Japan in the 1950s, called the Gutai, which “examined its aesthetic strategies in the cultural, social and political context of postwar Japan and the West… in an expanded, transnational history and critical discourse of modern art.” Passing Through is an example of what Murakim calls his ‘painting’ where his ‘marks’ were visible impressions created by running through a series of large paper panels stretched like canvas. watch here.

y o k o  o n o  A R T I S T  pastel drawing, an invisible flower, 1952, age 19

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pastel drawing, an invisible flower, 1952, age 19