| Gutai c 1950 - c 1960 Osaka Japan Founded in Osaka, Japan, in 1954 by a group of artists under the influence of master artist Jiro Yoshiharathat included Akira Kanayama, Saburo Mirakami and Kazuo Shiraga. An "assemblage of events performed or perceived in more than one time and place," Gutai is often cited as a precursor to America’s "Happenings." |