Gutai: Splendid Playground

Gutai: Splendid Playground

The Gutai Art Association was founded by Yoshihara Jiro in 1954 in the cosmopolite town of Ashiya, near Osaka. The group spanned two generations, totaling 59 artists and is one of the most radical movements in postwar Japanese art history. Published in conjunction with the first United States museum retrospective ever devoted to Gutai, exhibited at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, Gutai: Splendid Playground surveys the influential Japanese collective and artistic movement. This exhibition catalogue aims to demonstrate the range of bold and innovative creativity present in the avant-garde movement, to examine the aesthetic strategies in the cultural, social and political context of postwar Japan and the West, and to further establish Gutai in an expanded, transnational history and critical discourse of modern art. Organized thematically and chronologically to explore Gutaiâ€™s unique approach to materials, concepts, process, performativity and enviroment, this publication investigates the groupâ€™s radical experimentation across a range of media and styles, and demonstrates how individual artists pushed the limits of what art could be or mean in a post-atomic era. The range includes painting, conceptual art, performance, film, installation art, sound art, interactive art, light art and kinetic art. Illustrating some 120 objects by 25 artists and featuring both iconic Gutai and lesser-known works, Splendid Playground presents a rich survey reflecting new scholarship, especially on â€œlate Gutaiâ€ works dating from 1965 to 1972. The bold and innovative catalogue design reflects the unfettered creativity of Gutai. In addition, an extensive appendix features a selection of Gutai artistsâ€™ writings, an illustrated chronology, artist biographies and a bibliography.
Country USA
Manufacturer Guggenheim Museum
Binding Hardcover
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780892074891
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Guggenheim Museum
Binding	Hardcover
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780892074891
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Gutai: Splendid Playground

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