The burst of energy that was Gutai, far from being an isolated Japanese phenomenon following World War II, was akin to Happenings in the U.S. and to Informel, CoBrA and other experimental movements…
Museum and gallery shows on Mono-ha, Gutai, and other avant-garde movements in Japan from the '50s onward are shedding new light on an era previously unknown to the West
Like his peers in the Japanese Gutai movement, Takesada Matsutani has long combined painting, sculpture and performance in an exploration of process and materials.