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TAKESADA MATSUTANI

Takesada Matsutani initially aspired to Japanese painting but later shifted his interest to contemporary art. Starting in 1960, he began exhibiting his works in Gutai art exhibitions and officially became a member of the Gutai Art Association in 1963. In the mid-term of Gutai, Takesada Matsutani, along with Shuji Mukai and Tsuyoshi Maekawa, were collectively referred to as the "3M" and became active core members of the second generation of Gutai.

Matsutani opted for Elmer’s glue, a versatile adhesive developed soon after the war, as his primary medium and developed his own style. The glossy and sticky texture of the adhesive, combined with its ability to form organic and sensual shapes, captivated attention as a new and unique possibility in the realm of painting. This artistic approach suggested previously unexplored possibilities.

In 1966, Matsutani moved to France and pursued professional studies in printmaking at the workshop of Stanley William Hayter. Later, he independently produced a series of prints based on photographs. In the late 1970s, he

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Takesada Matsutani

Japanese painter (born 1937)

Takesada Matsutani
Born	1937 Osaka, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Movement	Gutai Art Association

Takesada Matsutani (松谷武判, Matsutani Takesada, born January 1, 1937 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese avant-garde artist based in Paris and Nishinomiya. Active as a painter since the 1950s, Matsutani's practice has also included object-based sculpture, printmaking and installation. Matsutani was a member of the Gutai Art Association from 1963 until its dissolution in 1972. Gutai leader Jirō Yoshihara prioritized artistic innovation and originality, a lesson that has remained with the artist throughout his career.

Since 1961, Matsutani has used wood glue, what was then a newly available material in post-war Japan, to create organic forms on the surface of the canvas. Fascinated by the variety of evocative shapes that revealed themselves through his manipulation of the glue mixed with paint, the artist regularly returned to these biomorphic forms across a variety of mediums and styles, even adapting them to the co

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Glossary

Assemblage
Assemblage is art that is made by assembling disparate elements – often everyday objects – scavenged by the artist or bought specially.

Other artists to consider: Jason Rhoades, see here or Phyllida Barlow, see here.

Gutai Art Association
The Gutai Art Association were a Japanese avant-garde group founded in 1954 by Yoshihara Jiro, Kanayma Akira, Murakami Saburo, Shiraga Kazuo and Shozo Shimamoto. The group’s radical ideas and approaches to making art anticipated later performance and conceptual art of the 1960s and 1970s. ‘Gutai’ translates to ‘embodiment’ or ‘concrete’ and were active from 1954-1972.

Hard Edge abstraction
The term Hard Edge refers to an approach of abstract painting that became widespread in the 1960s and is characterised by areas of flat colour with sharp, clear (or ‘hard’) edges.

Another artist of interest in relation to the term Hard Edge is Mary Heilmann, see here.

Individualism
Individualism is the moral stance, political philosophy, ideology, or social outlook that emphasises the moral worth of the individual. Individual