Minoru
Onoda was an important member of the Gutai Group's younger generation
having joined the group in 1965. His 'Paintings of Propagation' theory
was a crucial step in his early career. He was included in the important
retrospectives on the Gutai Group at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
in New York in 2013 and the National Art Center in Tokyo in 2012.Minoru
Onoda was born 1937 in Manshu, North-East District, China
(Japanese-occupied Machuria Jilin Province, China). He studied at the
Institute of Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan from 1956 to 1958 and from
1958–1960 at the Osaka School of Art (currently Osaka College of Art).
He lived most of his life in Himeji, Japan where he died in 2008.After
publishing his "Paintings of Propagation' theory in 1961 and
participating in the 3rd International Exhibition for Young Artists in
Paris in 1964, Onoda Minoru joined Gutai and stayed faithful to their
leader Yoshihara Jiro's motto to "do what has never been done before"
for the rest of his career. The Gutai Group was the first radical
artistic movement after World War II in Japan. This influential group
was involved in large-scale multimedia environments, performances, and
theatrical events and emphasizes the relationship between body and
matter in pursuit of originality.
Through newly-available materials
and artistic freedom post WWII, Onoda questioned new forms, styles and
hierarchy through lines and circles.Awed by manufacturing concepts of
repetition and quantity, he chose amalgamations of gradually-sized dots
on panel with relief, creating organically-growing shapes, progressing
to infinite circles and finally monochrome painting where the edge
matters.Wikipedia.
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