嶋本昭三

具体美術協会の設立からのメンバーのひとりであり、パフォーマンス主導のスケールの大きな創作で群を抜く。鉄パイプに絵具を詰めてガスで爆発させる「大砲絵画」、絵具の詰まったガラス瓶を高所から叩きつける「瓶投げ」の手法など、欧米で人気を博す。「行為の軌跡」そのものである嶋本作品は具体の精神を端的に表しており、日本の現代アートの国際化にも貢献した。通信網を用いてのメール・アートにいち早く注目するなど、常に時代の先駆けであった。

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具体解散から50年｜国立国際美術館で観る具体美術協会

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具体解散から50年｜大阪中之島美術館で再び現れる具体美術協会

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「すべて未知の世界へーGUTAI 分化と統合」が大阪中之島美術館と国立国際美術館で共同開催

2022.10.19
大阪, 日本

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GUTAI STILL ALIVE 2015 vol.1
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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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