* (restored)   ‘Born in Osaka, Japan in 1928, Shozo Shimamoto is a very influential member of the famous Gutai Group, formed in 1954 by other well-known figures such as Yoshihara Jiro, Kanayama Akira, Murakami Saburo and Shiraga Kazuo, in the Kansai region. ‘A forerunner of European movements of the 1950s, Shimamoto conceived a type … Continue reading Shozo Shimamoto’s Big Messes *