Kazuo Shiraga

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Kazuo Shiraga was a Japanese avant-garde painter and prominent member of the Gutai Art Association, best known for his dynamic abstract works created by painting with his feet.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf avant-garde artist
human
painter
artisticGoal breaking traditional painting methods
emphasis on physical action
artisticMedium canvas
oil paint
artisticTechnique action painting
body-based performance
foot painting
associatedWith Japanese postwar avant-garde
experimental art
countryOfCitizenship Japan
creativePeriod post-World War II era
culturalContext postwar Japanese avant-garde movement
era 20th-century art
familyName Shiraga NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork painting
performance art
gender male
genre abstract art
givenName Kazuo NERFINISHED
groupRole prominent member of Gutai Art Association
influenced contemporary Japanese artists
international abstract painters
influencedBy Western abstract expressionism
languageOfName Japanese
memberOf Gutai Art Association NERFINISHED
movement Gutai NERFINISHED
abstract expressionism NERFINISHED
avant-garde
postwar Japanese art
name Kazuo Shiraga NERFINISHED
nationality Japanese
notableFor dynamic abstract paintings
painting with his feet
notableWorkFeature large-scale canvases
thick impasto paint
placeOfOrigin Japan NERFINISHED
regionOfActivity Japan NERFINISHED
usedBodyPartAsTool feet
whole body
workCharacteristic dynamic brushwork
gestural abstraction
physical engagement with paint

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