Between action and the unknown : the art of Kazuo Shiraga and Sadamasa Motonaga

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Between action and the unknown : the art of Kazuo Shiraga and Sadamasa Motonaga

edited by Gabriel Ritter ; with contributions by Kawasaki Koichi ... [et al.]

Dallas Museum of Art , Yale University Press [distributor], c2015

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S/M : between action and the unknown : the art of Kazuo Shiraga and Sadamasa Motonaga

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Catalog of an exhibition held at the Dallas Museum of Art, February 8-July 19, 2015

Co-oraganized by the Dallas Museum of Art and the Japan Foundation

Other contributions: Namiko Kunimoto, Nakajima Izumi, Gabriel Ritter, Sawayama Ryō

Includes bibliographical references

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This comprehensive book is the first in English to examine two of the most successful and important postwar Japanese artists, Kazuo Shiraga (1924-2008) and Sadamasa Motonaga (1922-2011). During an 18-year engagement with the Gutai Art Association, both artists experimented with unorthodox techniques, such as Motonaga's use of smoke and water, or Shiraga's method of painting with his feet. Relatively little, however, is known in the West about Shiraga and Motonaga beyond their involvement with Gutai. Essays aim to assert the importance of Shiraga's and Motonaga's post-Gutai careers-when they pursued exciting new styles and themes in their work-as well as to evaluate the legacy of Japan's postwar avant-garde. Never-before-translated interviews with the artists, incisive essays by experts in the field, and a beautiful color plate section featuring many works never before seen outside of Japan complete this impressive catalogue. Distributed for the Dallas Museum of Art Exhibition Schedule: Dallas Museum of Art (02/08/15-07/19/15)

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