This monograph is published on the occasion of Masatoshi Masanobu’s solo exhibitions at Axel Vervoordt Gallery in Antwerp and Hong Kong in 2017. It includes many historical images and unpublished biographical materials, found in the artist’s personal archives. The publication gives an overview of Masanobu’s body of work, and features extensive writings by Gutai connoisseur Koichi Kawasaki, art critic and curator Tsukasa Ikegami and Ming Tiampo, professor at Carleton University of Ottawa and co-curator of the  exhibition Gutai: Splendid Playground at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York  City, USA. This publication, together with the series of exhibitions, aim to contribute to the urgent need for scholarship on this lesser-known Gutai artist.

Published by Axel Vervoordt Gallery in collaboration with AsaMer, an imprint of MER. Paper Kunsthalle, this hardcover book is available in English since November 2017.