Atsuko Tanaka (artist)

Atsuko Tanga
Tanaka in 1957, wearing her Electric Dress
Born(1932-02-10)February 10, 1932
Osaka, Japan
DiedDecember 3, 2005(2005-12-03) (aged 73)
Nara, Japan
Known forPainting, Sculpture, Performance art, Installation art

Atsuko Tanaka (田中 敦子, Tanaka Atsuko; February 10, 1932 – December 3, 2005) was a Japanese avant-garde artist. She was a central figure of the Gutai Art Association from 1955 to 1965. Her works have found increased curatorial and scholarly attention across the globe since the early 2000s, when she received her first museum retrospective in Ashiya, Japan, which was followed by the first retrospective abroad, in New York and Vancouver.[1][2] Her work was featured in multiple exhibitions on Gutai art in Europe and North America.[1]

  1. ^ a b Kunimoto, Namiko (2013). "Tanaka Atsuko's "Electric Dress" and the Circuits of Subjectivity". The Art Bulletin. 95 (3): 465–483. doi:10.1080/00043079.2013.10786084. ISSN 0004-3079. JSTOR 43188842. S2CID 194131094.
  2. ^ Yoshimoto, Midori (2006). "Women Artists in the Japanese Postwar Avant-Garde: Celebrating a Multiplicity". Woman's Art Journal. 27 (1): 26–32. ISSN 0270-7993. JSTOR 20358068.