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Kazuo Shiraga (1924-2008)
Amagasaki, Japan 1924-2008
1942-48 Attended Kyoto Municipal School of Painting, study of traditional Japanese-style painting
1948 Attended City Art Centre, Osaka, where he studied the fundamentals of oil painting and joined the New Creation Art Association
1952 Formed the Zero group with Saburo Murakami and Akira Kanayama
1955 Zero group merges with the Gutai Art Association. The 'Gutai Group' as it became known, exhibited both in Japan and internationally until its dissolution in 1972
1957 First meeting with the French art critic, Michel Tapié, who developed the theory of L'art Informel. Tapié subsequently arranged opportunities for members of the Gutai Group to show their work in Europe (including their participation in the NUL exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, in 1965 and in USA at the Martha Jackson Gallery New York, in 1958)
1965 Awarded the Amagasaki Citizen's Cultural Prize
1971 Entered the Buddhist priesthood at the Enryaku Temple, Mount Hiei
1987 Awarded the Hyogo Prefectural Cultural Prize for Excellence
1999 Awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for Culture
2002 Awarded the Art Prize of Osaka City Selected
Amagasaki, Japan 1924-2008
1942-48 Attended Kyoto Municipal School of Painting, study of traditional Japanese-style painting
1948 Attended City Art Centre, Osaka, where he studied the fundamentals of oil painting and joined the New Creation Art Association
1952 Formed the Zero group with Saburo Murakami and Akira Kanayama
1955 Zero group merges with the Gutai Art Association. The 'Gutai Group' as it became known, exhibited both in Japan and internationally until its dissolution in 1972
1957 First meeting with the French art critic, Michel Tapié, who developed the theory of L'art Informel. Tapié subsequently arranged opportunities for members of the Gutai Group to show their work in Europe (including their participation in the NUL exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, in 1965 and in USA at the Martha Jackson Gallery New York, in 1958)
1965 Awarded the Amagasaki Citizen's Cultural Prize
1971 Entered the Buddhist priesthood at the Enryaku Temple, Mount Hiei
1987 Awarded the Hyogo Prefectural Cultural Prize for Excellence
1999 Awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for Culture
2002 Awarded the Art Prize of Osaka City Selected
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