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.
SOURCES:
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
Friday, May 2, 2008
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