嶋本昭三

嶋本昭三是具體美術協會成立時的創始成員之一。他的藝術創作最重要的特色就在於那巨大的能量。嶋本的「大砲繪畫」及「擲瓶藝術」深受國際認同，前者利用他自創的大砲機器發射出彩色的球，後者則是將瓶子中裝滿顏料丟擲到畫布上。嶋本昭三的藝術本質可以說是「行動的痕跡」，它清晰體現了具體派的精神，且促進了國際間對日本當代藝術的關注。此外，他也利用「郵件藝術」的形式創作。嶋本昭三是藝術世界中永遠的先驅者。

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Untitled SHIM-85, SHOZO SHIMAMOTO, 2010Acrylic on kimono fabric53.1 × 45.7cm

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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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