Shusaku Arakawa
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Shusaku Arakawa was a Japanese conceptual artist and architect known for his collaborative, philosophically driven works that challenge perception and conventional notions of space and the body.
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| instanceOf |
Japanese artist
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architect ⓘ conceptual artist ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1936-07-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2010-05-18 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Musashino Art University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Arakawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
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conceptual art ⓘ installation art ⓘ painting ⓘ |
| givenName | Shusaku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Dada
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Surrealism ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Japanese ⓘ |
| movedTo | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
avant-garde
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conceptual art ⓘ |
| name | Shusaku Arakawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableExhibition |
participation in the 35th Venice Biennale
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retrospectives at the Guggenheim Museum SoHo ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
architectural body
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challenging conventional perception of space and the body ⓘ life-extending architecture ⓘ procedural architecture ⓘ reversible destiny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Biotopological Scale-Juggling Escalator
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Blank Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Reversible Destiny Lofts Mitaka – In Memory of Helen Keller NERFINISHED ⓘ Site of Reversible Destiny – Yoro Park NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mechanism of Meaning NERFINISHED ⓘ Ubiquitous Site, Nagi’s Ryoanji, Architectural Body NERFINISHED ⓘ Untitled (paintings and diagrammatic works of the 1960s) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partnerInWork | Madeline Gins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Aichi Prefecture
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Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Nagoya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| residence |
Japan
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New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Madeline Gins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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