Shôzô Shimamoto
Japanese · 1928–2013 · Painter
Shōzō Shimamoto was a Japanese artist. Having studied with Jirō Yoshihara, the future Gutai leader, from 1947, Shimamoto was a key founding member of Gutai along with Yoshihara… (Wikipedia)
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Palazzo Ducale 33Phillips · HK$1,625,000≈ $208,098≈ £155,610≈ €174,111Sign up to see
UntitledRavenel · NT$4,560,000≈ $144,187≈ £114,680≈ €129,304Sign up to see
Magi 901 (Bottle crash)Ketterer Kunst · €112,500≈ $125,730≈ £98,596Sign up to see
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Shōzō Shimamoto was a Japanese artist. Having studied with Jirō Yoshihara, the future Gutai leader, from 1947, Shimamoto was a key founding member of Gutai along with Yoshihara and fifteen others in August, 1954. He was close to the leader Yoshihara and actively engaged in the early activities and group administrations. He worked with a wide variety of techniques, such as poking holes in layered newspaper, throwing bottles of paint at canvases, experimenting with film and stage performances, and composing sound art. He was particularly noted for his innovative performance art. Indeed, when Yoshihara turned to focus more on painting, upon his meeting with the French art critic Michel Tapié, Shimamoto continued to urge the leader to pursue this direction, wanting to work with Allan Kaprow, for example.
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Also known as Shozo, Shozo Shimamoto
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