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Last
update: 8 April 2008
Andrea Mardegan
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INFORMATION
For those who own works of art by Shozo Shimamoto and need a certificate of
authenticity, the Associazione Shozo Shimamoto will be the institution to
contact from now on. The aforementioned association has a legal base in
Naples (e-mail:
fondazione@fondazionemorra.org), an operative base in Reggio Emilia
where Shimamoto’s works are actually stored (e-mail:
paridispariagency@libero.it)
and two offices in Japan with the same contact point (e-mail:
shozoshimamoto@yahoo.co.jp). |
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May 2008 |
Mr. Shimamoto
will be in Capri and Naples from the 3rd to the 12th of May to make new
works for the newborn Associazione Shozo Shimamoto. Two public events
will also be held: the first in Punta Campanella on the 4th (16:00) and
the other in Capri at Certosa di San Giacomo on the 9th (16:00).
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2007,
June-November |
From the 9th of
June to the 5th of November, some representative works from Mr.
Shimamoto were shown in Venice at Palazzo Fortuny. This exhibition was
conceived by Mr. Mattijs Visser and Mr. Axel Vervoordt.
Please check the official website of
ARTEMPO
for more information.
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2007, July |
Shimamoto participated in
and was involved in the organization of the event Art Challenged
Project in Beijing. A large group of disabled artists from Japan
contributed to an exhibition in Beijing.
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2007,
June |
Mr. Shimamoto
was present at the Venice Biennale P3 Project as a special guest on the
9th of June.
He then did a performance at Lido on the 10th of June.
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2007,
May-July |
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2007,
March |
Mr. Shimamoto's
Solo Exhibition in Florence was open for almost one month. Forty
works, from Gutai period to recent ones, were shown in the Carini
Gallery.
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2006,
December |
Shimamoto was
invited to a four-hour long program of Nihon Terebi where he
presented his newest work: a chest of drawers made of paulownia wood:
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2006,
November |
On the 28th of
November a new space for Shimamoto Collection was inaugurated in Reggio
Emilia, Italy.
For information:
paridispariagency@libero.it
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2006,
October |
Mr. Shimamoto
was invited by the Chinese government to do a performance in Beijing and
Chang Xing. His work of art will be featured in a monument in Chang
Xing.
A report of the event can be found on the web
(Japanese and Chinese only):
http://www.china-embassy.or.jp/jpn/whjl/t276367.htm
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2006,
September |
The works
exhibited in Dusseldorf were shown at the Saint Etienne Museum of Modern
Art.
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2006,
May, 25-28 |
A four-day long
event was held in Naples.
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2006, April |
Opening of the
ZONE ZERO exhibition in Dusseldorf, Germany. About 10 of Mr. Shimamoto's
works were shown.
Among these, a reconstruction of a large work with holes, and two
reconstructions of the work "Please, walk on here" (see the page Works
for reference).
(On the right, Shimamoto's work)
(Two reconstructions of "Please, walk on here") |
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2005,
July |
NHK broadcast
Mr. Shimamoto’s activities in a 45-min-long documentary program,
called Ningen (Human) Document. |
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2005, May |
Mr.
Shimamoto opened a solo exhibition in Reggio Emilia, Italy, with the
presentation of the smallest work in the world, made on the tip of the
bristles of a toothbrush. The project is called “Nano-Art”. |
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2005, May |
The exhibition
at Trevi Flash Art Museum, (in Italy) opened with a performance in which
Mr. Shimamoto threw colors from a helicopter. |
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From the end of
2004 to the first half of 2005, Mr. Shimamoto's crane performance was
featured in the TV advertisement of Nissan's Shift. |
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| Shimamoto’s head has become the trademark of his free art. He is the only professor who travels around the world and invites people to paint or to put something on his head. |
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| Heiwa no Akashi (Proof of Peace) is a work realized primarily by throwing bottles filled with colors onto a canvas of cement, during a crane performance. The piece is supposed to be continued for 100 years. The intention is that if it can be sustained that there will be no incidence of war in Japan for 100 years, the completion of this work can be the proof of that period of peace. The work is located in Shin Nishinomiya Yacht Harbour. |
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| This is a unique kind of art conceived by Shimamoto whereby the whole body of one or more naked girls is painted with Indian ink. The girls then lie down on a sheet of Japanese paper leaving the mark of their body. A performance of nyotaku has recently taken place in Venice at Ca’ Pesaro International Gallery of Modern Art (April 2004). |
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| Shimamoto has continued to do performances and happenings since the time he was member of Gutai. He is considered one of the 4 greatest post-war artists, along with Jackson Pollock, John Cage and Lucio Fontana. |
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![Head art[ヘッドアート]](img_headart.gif)
