Gutai: Splendid Playground. Retrospective at Guggenheim Museum, New York
Splendid Playground is the title of a retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in New York that highlights the work of Japan’s avant-garde collective Gutai. Gutai (具体) was founded by Yoshihara Jirō in 1954. From 1954 until 1972, the Gutai group totaled 59 Japanese artists, who explored new art forms combining performance, painting, and interactive environments. [...]