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Katsuhiro Yamaguchi 山口勝弘
Lighting Object T 照明物T
1967
This sculpture by Tokyo-based artist Yamaguchi Katsuhiro takes the form of a clear acrylic tower containing six T-shaped objects, themselves formed from translucent acrylic and stacked in alternating directions. Lit from within, the work explores the possibility of artificial light as a sculptural medium, while the transparency of its materials heightens the illusion of a composition floating in space. Created during a period when Yamaguchi’s work was beginning to receive international attention through his participation in important exhibitions in events and venues such as the Venice Biennale and the Guggenheim Museum, Lighting Object T is part of a larger sequence of abstract works that make evocative use of electric lighting and the relatively new industrial materials of Plexiglas and Perspex.
Yamaguchi was an influential presence in Japan’s contemporary art world in the post-war period. He was one of the co-founders of the Tokyo-based Jikken Kobo (Experimental Workshop) artist group in 1951, which formed one of the key vehicles for Japan’s exposure to the work and ideas of European and American avant-garde movements. Many of them self-taught, the Jikken Kobo artists resisted the conventional media and subject matter of Japanese art. Yamaguchi advocated a radical new approach to sculpture that made inventive use of synthetic plastics, often collaborating with industrial fabricators to master the idiosyncrasies of the materials.
Yamaguchi was an influential presence in Japan’s contemporary art world in the post-war period. He was one of the co-founders of the Tokyo-based Jikken Kobo (Experimental Workshop) artist group in 1951, which formed one of the key vehicles for Japan’s exposure to the work and ideas of European and American avant-garde movements. Many of them self-taught, the Jikken Kobo artists resisted the conventional media and subject matter of Japanese art. Yamaguchi advocated a radical new approach to sculpture that made inventive use of synthetic plastics, often collaborating with industrial fabricators to master the idiosyncrasies of the materials.
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