What is Gutai?

Concrete, and round abstract images.

An avant-garde group led by Jiro Takamatsu.

The members I do know are Kazuo Shiraga and Atsuko Tanaka. As I’m not that familiar with the others, this book will help me study.

A lot of artists have been influenced by them, not least of all by how tangible there work is.

I wonder if this work by Jean-Michel Basquiat might have been influenced by them…