"Gutai: Painting with Time and Space," published by Silvana, Italy, 2010, 265 pages, large softcover in thick wraps, 11" by 10". Bilingual text in English and Italian. Major publication produced in conjunction with an Italian publication on Japanese Postwar avant-garde collective Gutai, a precursor of Fluxus, advocating the exploration of essence and natural form through decay and destruction, with links to the European Art Informel movement. Extensively researched, with a lengthy and thorough illustrated chronology, and with reprints of various writings by the group's members, as well as original reviews of their work. Profusely illustrated with color plates of artwork alongside numerous period photodocuments of performances and installations. Includes work by principal members Jiro Yoshihara, Shozo Shimamoto, Kazuo Shiraga, Saburo Murakami, Sadamasa Matanaga, Atsuko Tanaka, and Akira Kanayama. The best book to date on Gutai. Out of print and scarce. In excellent condition.
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