The Gutai Group

The terms 'Gutai' means concrete. In 1954 the Gutai group was found by Japanese artist Jiro Yoshihara and Shimomoto. They spent the next 10 years working among this circle of artists. Haruo Fukuzumi was one of the artists. She joined the Gutai Group. As Fukuzumi stressed, Tanaka Atsuko’s output wielded a great influence on this group, although her relationship to Jiro Yoshihara was dogged by a certain antagonism. The group's activities anticipated the great changes that Western art underwent in the early 60s, such as happenings and action painting. They had a major exhibition at MOMA in New York about contemporary art in 1966.


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http://www.galerieimtaxispalais.at/ausstellungen/tanaka/tanaka_progindex_engl.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutai_group
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/articide.com/gutai/fr/ss.htm
http://www.documenta12.de/reviewtanaka.html?L=1

Sol Lewitt's Conceptual Piece

I feel the conceptual piece of Sol Lewitt's

Performance Art Project

Every little thing in our life could be a piece of performance art. But it's just that we don't realize it. Imagine if we could tape and record our everyday's life. My video here explains visually how art performance happens everyday when we read books, watching TV, cook, walk, smoke, having lunch, etc.

Big Thanks to Avi Agupta to letting me used his video.

Playing with Behaviors of Everyday Life

Four of us had a mirror in our hand and we had to go outside to do this outdoor-activity as we were instructed to find a partner, stand back-to-back so that we are able to see the eyes and mouth of our partner then try to imitate them. I ended up partnering with Richard, we walked away from each other until I hit the wall and couldn't take anymore further steps. My partner was taller than me so that all I could see were just his eyes and half of his nose. It was hard to assume whether he did change his expression of face, trying to imitate or not. This activity was fun but still, I couldn't even see if my partner was having fun.

Symbols, Signs, Logos

We face symbols, signs, or logos in our everyday's life. Nike with the swoosh logo, McDonald's with the big M, Macintosh with the apple logo, etc. In the world of advertising the marketing and the creative department team up together to make a logo which more than just a logo that people would remember the color, just an easy recognizable shape but, logos that should build an image and sharing their messages. To make those kind of logos takes not a short period of time but take years to build that. McDonald's logo for example, if they make an advertising without any pictures of food, typeface or slogan but with the big yellow 'M' people would know that is the logo for mcDonald's. Because people have been raised with the big 'M' sign on their top of the head for more than 53 years (mcDonald's was built in 1955 first in Des Plaines, Illinois) and they hadn't been changing their logo since they first start.

Compare the Formal Analysis On Duchamp's

Pattern Repetition

Islamic calligraphy or repetitive pattern that is often seen in a Mosque is quite a common thing in the country where I grew up. Most houses in Indonesia have one or more Islamic calligraphy, given the fact that the dominant religion in Indonesia is Islam. Usually, an Islamic art contains three elements that symbolize the Holiness of Allah, the Holy God. The writing technique or the typography, known as calligraphy, is usually done in Arabic, because it's taken from Al-Quran, which is written exclusively in Arabic. In terms of pattern repetition, they use a geometrical design that uses a number of geometric shapes such as squares, which is identical with experience in heaven. The stars are also frequently used to symbolize equal radiation in all directions from a central point. Another signs that are often used is the Crescent and Start, which is usually located on tope of a Mosque's dome.