시마모토 쇼조

시마모토 쇼조는 일본의 GUTAI 미술 협회의 창립 멤버 중 한 명으로, 무엇보다 퍼포먼스 주도의 큰 스케일과 역동성을 띠는 것이 특징이다. 시마모토의 '대포 그림'과 '병 던지기 수법'은 국제적으로 인정받고 있는데, 전자는 자체 제작한 포관을 이용해 컬러볼을 쏘고 후자는 병에 물감을 채워 캔버스에 던진다. 시마모토의 예술적 본질은 "행동의 흔적" 그 자체이며, GUTAI 정신을 뚜렷하게 나타낸다. 일본 현대 미술에 대한 국제적인 관심을 촉진시킨 시마모토는 선구자의 끝없는 사고방식을 보여주고 있다.

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January 4, 2023
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50 Years Since the End | The Gutai Art Association Revives at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka

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COLLECTIONS

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo / Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art / Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art / Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art / Osaka City Museum of Modern Art / Osaka Prefectural Contempoary Art Collection / Nara Prefectural Museum of Art / Takamatsu City Museum of Art / Ashiya City Museum of Art & History / Miyagi Museum of Art / Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art / National Museum of Art Osaka / Tate Modern (London) / National Gallery of Modern and Contempoary Art (Rome) / Fondazione Morra (Naples) / Pompidou Centre (Paris) / Museum of Communication (Bern) / Ca'Pesaro International Gallery of Modern Art (Venice)

Performance in Napoli, Italy, 2006

Performance in Bologna, Italy, 2008

Vento d'Oriente, Certosa di San Giacomo, Italy, 2008

Performance in ReggioEmilia, Italy, 2012

"A", 1955, oil on canvas, board, 255.5 x 183.0 cm

Untitiled, 1967, enamel paint, 116.0 x 72.3 cm

Untitled, 1981, mixedmedia on canvas, 213.5 x 195.0 cm

Untitled, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 208.5 x 150.0 cm

Skinhead Art, paint on skin

1928: Born in Osaka, Japan
1954: Becomes a founding member of the Gutai Movement, and participates in the most important successive Gutai exhibitions.
1955: At the first Gutai exhibition he shows a revolutionary work to be enjoyed by the body : `Please walk on here`
1956: Shows a painting realized by using a home-made cannon, at the Outdoor Gutai Art Exhibition
1957: Shows his pioneering video and music concrete works at the first `Gutai Art on Stage` exhibition
1970: Art producer for 1000 brides of the Artist`s Union group Participates in the Mail Art Project involving 60 countries, becoming one of the chief representative
1993: Invited to the 45th Venice Biennale as a member of Gutai
1994: Invited to exhibit at Guggenheim Museum, New York
1996: Promotes numerous pacifist activities since meeting Bern Porter, the physician Who made the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima
1997: He is the only Japanese artists since the Meiji Restoration to have his photo included in Art History, published by America Albums
1998: Selected as one of the first four best artists of the world from the post-war , Along with Jackson Pollock, John Cage and Lucio Fontana on occasion of the `Out of Actions` show held at MOCA
1999: Awarded with the Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon
2000: Large scale performance in Dijon sponsored by Felissimo Museum and Unesco
2001: Invited to the London Japan Year, two works are included in the Tate Gallery and Tate Modern
2003: Invited to the 50th Venice Biennale, Extra 50
2004-11: Many exhibitions and performances in Europe, mostly in Italy, including `Nyotaku` performance at Ca` Pesaro International Gallery, Venice A performance in Trevi where he throws paint from a helicopter, and Zonezero show in Dusseldorf

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