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Hole Showa 21, 1946, 32 x 42 cm
Quite probably the first hole made by Shimamoto.
The date is written on the back and, according to the artist, it was an attempt which preceded the successful work shown to Yoshihara. |
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Gutai
1, 1953, 73 x 61 cm
Tar on paper. Published on Gutai magazine 1.
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Cannon,
1956, 92 x 71 cm.
Work of art realized with a cannon. This
performance was more violent than the one described above. The
colors were put in the cannon in separate plastic bags and then
shot.
Appeared in the Gutai booklet n. 5.
The other two are held in the collections of Japanese museums.
(NA)
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Esquisse Hole 02, 1962, 38 x 53 cm.
Hole on paper.
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Bottle
Crash, 1962, 209 x 172 cm.
One of the first works made by throwing color-filled bottles
on a canvas. Amongst other exhibitions, this work was shown at
Gallery Sander (Germany, 1991) and Tokyo International Art Fair
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A & Sesshu, 1992, 181 x 89 cm.
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Crane
Performance in Naples, 2006, 190 x 141 cm
Watercolors on cloth. |
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Gutai
Work, 1960, 182 x 124 cm
Plaster and oil on canvas. |
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Gutai
Work, 1960, 185 x 137 cm
Plaster and oil on canvas. Published on Gutai magazine 12.
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Bottle
Crash, 1962, 163 x 130 cm
Oil on canvas. |
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Uzumaki
, 1965, 163 x 130 cm
Around 1965, Shimamoto made a short series of works called uzumaki which
means whirlpool.
They have been basically made through the pouring of colors onto
canvas, letting the colors separate according to their specific
density.
Some works are very large (2 x 4 m), others are little (A4 size
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Gutai
Work, 1970, 209 x 158 cm
Plaster and oil on canvas.
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Exhibited work, Bottle Crash 02 , 1998, 117 x 92 cm.
One of the later works made by throwing bottles.
Following these Bottle Crash works, he made a series of works in which he dropped the colors from a crane.
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Cashmere
at London, 2001, 3 x 5 m
Watercolors on cashmere.
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