Minoru Yoshida

Minoru Yoshida (1935-2010) was a Japanese painter, sculptor, and performance artist, associated with the Gutai Art Association.

Minoru Yoshida
Born1935 (1935)[1]
Osaka[1]
Died2010 (2011)
NationalityJapanese
Alma materKyoto City University of Fine Arts[1]
Known forPainting, Sculpture, & Performance Art
MovementGutai Art Association

Early life and education

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

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 ‘70s.[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

He was included in the 15th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 20th, and 21st Gutai Art Exhibitions at the Gutai Pinacotheca.[1] His piece Bisexual Flower was included in the Osaka World Expo 1970.[4] In 2013, Yoshida was included in Gutai: Splendid Playground exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum.[7]

Public collections

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; and National Museum of Modern Art,[8] Kyoto, Japan.[9][10]

References
  1. "Minoru Yoshida: Waves of Light". ulteriorgallery.com. Retrieved 9 Jul 2023.
  2. Horisaki-Christens, Nina (March 2019) [March], "When Video Promised a Sci-Fi Future", ArtAsiaPacific (112): 73–76{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. "2 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now". nytimes.com. Retrieved 9 Jul 2023.
  4. "Minoru Yoshida Performances in New York". realtokyo.co.jp. Retrieved 9 Jul 2023.
  5. "Minoru Yoshida". artforum.com. Retrieved 9 Jul 2023.
  6. "Minoru Yoshida: Performance in New York". brooklynrail.org. Retrieved 9 Jul 2023.
  7. "Gutai: Splendid Playground". guggenheim.org. Retrieved 14 Jul 2023.
  8. "Yoshida, Minoru". National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto.
  9. "Minoru Yoshida". Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  10. "Minoru Yoshida: Paintings from 1960s". ArtWeek. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
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