(Osaka 1928–2013)
Magi 914 (Bottle Crash), 2008, signed and dated on the reverse, acrylic and broken glass on canvas, 130 x 160 cm, framed

This work is accompanied by a photo certificate of authenticity issued by the Shozo Shimamoto Association, Naples under no. 695.

Provenance:
Artist’s personal performance (Museo Magi 900, Pieve Di Centro-Bologna, 11 November 2008)
Private Collection, Italy
Kanalidarte, Brescia
European Private Collection

Exhibited:
Pieve Di Cento (Bologna), Museo Magi 900 - Museo delle Generazioni Italiane del 900, Shozo Shimamoto/ Yasuo Sumi - Colours of Peace, 2008, exh. cat. artist´s performance on 11 November 2008 (label and stamp on the reverse).
Karuizawa, Karuizawa New Art Museum and Whitestone Art Foundation, Gutai Still Alive, 1 October 2014 – 23 September 2015, exh. cat. p. 77 with ill. Brixen, Galerie Hofburg, Shozo Shimamoto. Malerei und Geste /Painting and Gesture, curated by Vittoria Coen, 24 August - 14 September 2013, exh. cat. p. 42. with ill.

More than anything else, I find stimulation in the materialization of an unpredictable expression.

Shozo Shimamoto

I believe that the first thing to do is free colour from the paintbrush. If in the process of creating the paintbrush isn‘t cast aside, there is no hope of emancipating the tones.‘

Shozo Shimamoto