Saburo murakami biography sample
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Saburo Murakami
Axel Vervoordt Gallery is pleased to present a comprehensive solo exhibition by Saburo Murakami (), Japanese painter and pioneer of performance art. The exhibition brings together a large selection of important paintings from the s through the end of the s., featuring works from the artist’s estate alongside generous loans from prominent private collections.
Saburo Murakami / Photo Jan Liégeois
Saburo Murakami / Photo Jan Liégeois
Eager to explore new approaches to art, Murakami formed Zero-kai (Zero Group) together with, among others, Kazuo Shiraga and Akira Kanayama in Murakami was also one of the best-known members of the Gutai Art Association, which he joined in The same year he became a Gutai member, he drew major attention because of his kami-yaburi (paper breakthrough) performances. In these events the artist, using his body’s momentum, broke through large sheets of paper that were stretched between a frame, tearing the screen-like objects wh
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| Just Passing Through: The Existential World of Saburo Murakami Colin Smith | ||
Saburo Murakami, Work, Designed to gradually flake away until the paint is gone, it is still a work in progress. |
Saburo Murakami (), a key member of the Gutai Art Association (usually known simply as Gutai), was a regular at Bar Metamorphose, a hole-in-the-wall establishment in the city of Nishinomiya between Osaka and Kobe. The proprietor, Tatsunori Sakaide, wrote an account of experiences with his philosophical and eccentric customer, Two and a Half Drops of Bitters. The title refers to the impossible instructions Murakami gave Sakaide for blandning his drink on the artist's first visit, during which he also praised the bar's layout: "You can come in through one door and go out another on th
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A project evolving the digitized archive of the book, “GUTAI STILL ALIVE vol.1”. The 23rd edition focuses on Saburo Murakami, a core member of Gutai best known for his "kami-yaburi" paper tearing performances. In this interview, we talked to Atsuo Yamamoto, a curator who had close ties with Murakami and who began his career in the Ashiya City Museum of Art and History.
Atsuo Yamamoto Chief Curator, Yokoo Tadanori Museum of Contemporary Art
I still remember the moment I first met Saburo Murakami, with my boss. A novice in the profession, I was rather nervous because I had heard that Murakami was a “philosopher” or “theoretician” in the Gutai group. But Murakami was an unexpectedly soft person. With a friendly smile, he disarmed anyone instantly. “What’s your specialty?” – he asked me. “Well, I was an art history major, but I didn’t study hard … so I actually don’t know much about art … I’ll study from scratch,” I confessed. His reply was surprising: “That’s wonderf