Minoru Yoshida
Minoru Yoshida | |
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Born | 1935[1] Osaka[1] |
Died | 2010 |
Nationality | Japanese |
Alma mater | Kyoto City University of Fine Arts[1] |
Known for | Painting, Sculpture, & Performance Art |
Movement | Gutai Art Association |
Minoru Yoshida(1935–2010) was a Japanese painter, sculptor, and performance artist, associated with theGutai Art Association.
Early life and education
[edit]Yoshida attended a high school which specialized in science before studying painting at Kyoto City University of Fine Arts.[2]
He briefly ran a kimono-dyeing shop before beginning his professional career as an artist.[3]
Work
[edit]Yoshida is a second-generation Gutai artist, noted in the 1960s for his hard edge abstract paintings and futuristic sculptures before shifting the focus of his work to the performance format in the 1970s.[4]In 1965 he joined the Gutai movement.[3]Yoshida began incorporating performance art into his practice while living in New York City.[4]His performances often incorporated a "synthesizer jacket," a garment the artist created from plexiglass and adorned with circuits and resembling his earlier sculptures.[5]The artist also wired speakers into panels that were worn around the wearer’s thighs. By operating the different switches on the jacket, sculptural garment emitted a series of different rhythmic electronic sounds.[6]Yoshida lived in New York City from 1970 to 1978 before returning to Japan where he continued to work and perform until his death in 2010.[3]
Notable exhibitions
[edit]He was included in the 15th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 20th, and 21st Gutai Art Exhibitions at the Gutai Pinacotheca.[1]His pieceBisexual Flowerwas included in theOsaka World Expo 1970.[4]In 2013, Yoshida was included inGutai: Splendid Playgroundexhibition at theGuggenheim Museum.[7]
Public collections
[edit]Yoshida's works can be found in the collections of Ashiya City Museum of Art and History, Hyogo, Japan;Ohara Museum of Art,Okayama, Japan; Takamatsu Municipal Museum, Kagawa, Japan; Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Niigata, Japan; andNational Museum of Modern Art,[8]Kyoto, Japan.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^abcd"Minoru Yoshida: Waves of Light".ulteriorgallery.Retrieved9 Jul2023.
- ^Horisaki-Christens, Nina (March 2019) [March],"When Video Promised a Sci-Fi Future",ArtAsiaPacific(112): 73–76
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:CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^abc"2 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now".nytimes.Retrieved9 Jul2023.
- ^abc"Minoru Yoshida Performances in New York".realtokyo.co.jp.Retrieved9 Jul2023.
- ^"Minoru Yoshida".artforum.Retrieved9 Jul2023.
- ^"Minoru Yoshida: Performance in New York".brooklynrail.org.Retrieved9 Jul2023.
- ^"Gutai: Splendid Playground".guggenheim.org.Retrieved14 Jul2023.
- ^"Yoshida, Minoru".National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto.
- ^"Minoru Yoshida".RetrievedAugust 14,2023.
- ^"Minoru Yoshida: Paintings from 1960s".ArtWeek.Retrieved14 August2023.