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
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human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| artisticGoal |
breaking traditional painting methods
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emphasis on physical action ⓘ |
| artisticMedium |
canvas
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oil paint ⓘ |
| artisticTechnique |
action painting
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body-based performance ⓘ foot painting ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Japanese postwar avant-garde
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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
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performance art ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | abstract art ⓘ |
| givenName | Kazuo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| groupRole | prominent member of Gutai Art Association ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary Japanese artists
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international abstract painters ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Western abstract expressionism ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf | Gutai Art Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Gutai
NERFINISHED
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abstract expressionism NERFINISHED ⓘ avant-garde ⓘ postwar Japanese art ⓘ |
| name | Kazuo Shiraga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dynamic abstract paintings
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painting with his feet ⓘ |
| notableWorkFeature |
large-scale canvases
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thick impasto paint ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBodyPartAsTool |
feet
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whole body ⓘ |
| workCharacteristic |
dynamic brushwork
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gestural abstraction ⓘ physical engagement with paint ⓘ |
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