1956
Tokyo
Extract from, "The artists body"
"Murakami performed At one moment opening Six holes at the first Gutai Art exhibition at the Ohara Kikan Hall, Tokyo (1955), and again the following year when it was documented as Breaking Through many paper screens. The artist set up a row of paper screens measuring 183 x 366 cm [6 x 12 ft] in wooden frames and then hurled himself through them. His body burst through the traditional flat surface of painted art, dramatically rupturing the picture plane. The work was also a reference to the Japanese material arts tradition. 'We must not keep on aimlessly adjusting and manipulating the canvas. Instead, our sense must be internally concentrated to a point from which it bursts on to the canvas and assumes a tangible form'
-Saburo Murakami, Gutai, 1955"
Currently the formation of Dales work is unresolved. Researching into the relationship between Art and paper is crucial to resolving our own curation. Previously, we discussed a narrative between the audience and the work, an interaction that forced the audience to get involved. Having researched Murakami's, 'breaking through many paper screens' it has become clear that a conversation between the body and an everyday material would highlight concerns relating to our theme. For that reason, the paper should promote a physical activity towards its audience.
Notes for curating - Dales work
As this piece was performed from a staircase, do we have any ideas how it would work as part of our show/if it would work?
Could we make a series and use them as a form of advertising? (Instead of a conventional poster?) If we were to go with this idea, we could start to think about linking our other artists work as well as a method of suspension/displaying.
- Re-performing the process, would the potential audience have to select them from the ground?
What does everyone think?
- Becky
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