Artist
Saburo Murakami
Japanese, 1925–1996
Saburo Murakami was a Japanese Abstract Expressionism artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Saburo Murakami was born in Kobe.
Saburo Murakami was a Japanese visual and performance artist. He was a member of the Gutai Art Association and is best known for his paper-breaking performances (kami-yaburi) in which he burst through kraft paper stretched on large wooden frames. Paper-breaking is a canonical work in the history of Japanese post-war art and for the history of performance art.
Murakami's work includes paintings, three-dimensional objects and installation as well as performance, and is characterized by a highly conceptual approach that transcends dualistic thinking and materializes in playful interactive forms and often thematizes time, chance and intuition.
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