Shozo Shimamoto
(Japanese, 1928–2013)
Biography
Shozo Shimamoto was a Japanese artist and co-founder of the post-WWII avant-garde movement Gutai. The Gutai group sought to utilize the ideas of cathartic performance and Abstract Expressionism to create its own inventive style of paintings and sculptures. Shimamato’s practice often involved throwing vases filled with paint at canvases, or simply slashing canvases with knives, thereby symbolically penetrating the usually revered picture plane. Born on January 22, 1928 in Osaka, Japan, he went on to study with the artist Jiro Yoshihara. Shimamoto’s works can be found in the collections of the Tate Gallery in London, the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art in Kobe, and many others. He died on January 25, 2013 in Osaka, Japan.
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Shozo Shimamoto
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.jpg "Felissimo 062 (performance with loco cup), 2007")
Shozo Shimamoto
Felissimo 062 (performance with loco cup), 2007
Sale Date: December 5, 2015
Auction Closed
Shozo Shimamoto
Piece from Soredemo Chikyu wa ugoku, 1999
Sale Date: November 3, 2015
Auction Closed
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