Gutai group
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The Gutai group was a pioneering postwar Japanese avant-garde art collective known for its radical, experimental performances and abstract works that emphasized materiality and physical action.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gutai group canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10062551 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gutai group Context triple: [National Museum of Western Art, hasWorkBy, Gutai group]
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CoBrA
CoBrA was an avant-garde European art movement (1948–1951) known for its spontaneous, expressive, and often abstract painting style influenced by folk art, children’s drawings, and primitivism.
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Min-On Concert Association
Min-On Concert Association is a Japanese cultural organization that promotes international musical and artistic exchange through concerts and performances worldwide.
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Neo-Concrete Group
The Neo-Concrete Group was a Brazilian avant-garde art movement formed in the late 1950s that emphasized subjectivity, viewer participation, and sensory experience as a reaction against the strict rationalism of Concrete art.
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Japan Art Association
The Japan Art Association is a prestigious cultural organization in Japan known for promoting the arts and administering major international art awards.
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Fluxus
Fluxus was an avant-garde art movement of the 1960s that blended visual art, performance, and everyday actions into playful, often anti-commercial works challenging traditional definitions of art.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gutai group Target entity description: The Gutai group was a pioneering postwar Japanese avant-garde art collective known for its radical, experimental performances and abstract works that emphasized materiality and physical action.
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A.
CoBrA
CoBrA was an avant-garde European art movement (1948–1951) known for its spontaneous, expressive, and often abstract painting style influenced by folk art, children’s drawings, and primitivism.
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B.
Min-On Concert Association
Min-On Concert Association is a Japanese cultural organization that promotes international musical and artistic exchange through concerts and performances worldwide.
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C.
Neo-Concrete Group
The Neo-Concrete Group was a Brazilian avant-garde art movement formed in the late 1950s that emphasized subjectivity, viewer participation, and sensory experience as a reaction against the strict rationalism of Concrete art.
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D.
Japan Art Association
The Japan Art Association is a prestigious cultural organization in Japan known for promoting the arts and administering major international art awards.
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E.
Fluxus
Fluxus was an avant-garde art movement of the 1960s that blended visual art, performance, and everyday actions into playful, often anti-commercial works challenging traditional definitions of art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art movement
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avant-garde art collective ⓘ |
| artForm |
happenings
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installation ⓘ painting ⓘ performance ⓘ |
| characteristic |
destruction and transformation of materials
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live, action-based creation of artworks ⓘ radical experimentation with materials ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| describedIn | Gutai Art Manifesto (1956) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1972 ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
experimentation
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materiality ⓘ physical action ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Jirō Yoshihara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInContextOf | postwar reconstruction in Japan ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName | 具体美術協会 ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Akira Kanayama
NERFINISHED
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Atsuko Tanaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Chiyu Uemae NERFINISHED ⓘ Jirō Yoshihara NERFINISHED ⓘ Kazuo Shiraga NERFINISHED ⓘ Saburō Murakami NERFINISHED ⓘ Sadamasa Motonaga NERFINISHED ⓘ Shozo Shimamoto NERFINISHED ⓘ Takesada Matsutani NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsuruko Yamazaki NERFINISHED ⓘ Yasuo Sumi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1954 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Fluxus
NERFINISHED
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conceptual art ⓘ performance art ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American Abstract Expressionism
NERFINISHED
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European avant-garde ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| location |
Ashiya, Hyōgo, Japan
NERFINISHED
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Kansai region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
abstract art
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action painting ⓘ performance art ⓘ postwar Japanese avant-garde ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Concrete Art Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableExhibition |
Gutai exhibitions at Martha Jackson Gallery, New York
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Outdoor Gutai Art Exhibition (1955) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Gutai Art Manifesto
NERFINISHED
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Gutai journal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | post–World War II ⓘ |
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