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Kazuo Shiraga

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Japanese painter and performance artist (1924-2008)

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Kazuo Shiraga was a Japanese abstract painter and the first-generation member of the postwar artists collective Gutai Art Association (Gutai).

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Untitled (1958), an example of Shiraga's foot paintings, at Glenstone in 2023Untitled (1958), an example of Shiraga's foot paintings, at Glenstone in 2023

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About this person

Kazuo Shiraga was a Japanese abstract painter and the first-generation member of the postwar artists collective Gutai Art Association (Gutai). As a Gutai member, he was a prolific, inventive, and pioneering experimentalist who tackled a range of media: in addition to painting, he worked in performance art, three-dimensional object making, conceptual art, and installations, many of which are preserved only in documentary photos and films.

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Japan
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Artists
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Artist
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deceased
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Lived 1924 to 2008 · aged 83
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