Gutai

The events noted are primarily related to Gutai as a group. Exhibitions of Gutai artists in Europe are listed in order to give primary sources to the reception of Gutai. The information assambled by Hirai Shoichi is current as of June 2010 and was published at the occasion of the  exhibition Gutai: Painting with Time and Space exhibition,  held at Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano​, 2010.

1972
  • The Seventeen Years of Gutai Art show is staged at the Gutai Mini Pinacotheca. The facility closes at the end of the exhibition. The exhibition later travels to Kobe, Himeji, and Ashiya. 
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1976
  • ​The Eighteen Years of Gutai Art exhibition is held at the Osaka Prefectural Gallery, consisting of works by Hashigami, Akiko Horio, Sadaharu Horio, Norio Imai, Kanayama, Kawamura, Kikunami, Kinashi, Kitani, Maekawa, Masanobu, Matsuda, Matsutani, Moriuchi, Motonaga, Shuji Mukai, Murakami, Nabekura, Senkichiro Nasaka, Yuko Nasaka, Ohara, Okamoto, Onoda, Sakamoto, Shibata, Shimamoto, Fujiko Shiraga, Kazuo Shiraga, Sumi, Tai, Takasaki, Atsuko Tanaka, Ryuji Tanaka, Tsubouchi, Uemae, Ukita, Yamazaki, Toshio Yoshida, Minoru Yoshida, Jiro Yoshihara, and Michio Yoshihara. 

1979
  • The Jiro Yoshihara and Today’s Aspects of Gutai exhibition is organized at at the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition consists of works by Funai, Akiko Horio, Norio Imai, Isetani, Kanayama, Kanno, Kikunami, Kinashi, Maekawa, Masanobu, Matsuda, Matsutani, Moriuchi, Motonaga, Shuji Mukai, Murakami, Naohara, Senkichiro Nasaka, Yuko Nasaka, Ohara, Okada, Okamoto, Onoda, Sakamoto, Sekine, Shibata, Shimamoto, Kazuo Shiraga, Sumi, Takasaki, Atsuko Tanaka, Ryuji Tanaka, Tsubouchi, Ueda, Uemae, Ukita, Yamazaki, Toshio Yoshida, Minoru Yoshida, Jiro Yoshihara, Michio Yoshihara, and Watanabe. 

1983 
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  • The Dada in Japan / Japanische Avantgarde 1920–1970 exhibition is held at the Kunstmuseum in Düsseldorf, later travelling to Tokyo. The exhibition “Sechs japanische Künstler der Gutai Gruppe” is held at the Atelierhaus Hildebrandstrasse, Düsseldorf. 

1985 
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  • The Jiro Yoshihara and “Gutai” exhibition is held at Ashiya Civic Center with works by Akiko Horio, Sadaharu Horio, Norio Imai, Kanayama, Kanno, Kikunami, Maekawa, Masanobu, Matsuda, Matsutani, Motonaga, Shuji Mukai, Murakami, Senkichiro Nasaka, Yuko Nasaka, Onoda, Sakamoto, Shimamoto, Fujiko Shiraga, Kazuo Shiraga, Sumi, Atsuko Tanaka, Uemae, Yamzaki, Toshio Yoshida, Minoru Yoshida, Jiro Yoshihara, and Michio Yoshihara. The Action and Emotion, Paintings of the ’50s, Informel, Gutai, Cobra show is staged at the National Museum of Art in Osaka. Included in the exhibition are works by Kanayama, Maekawa, Masanobu, Motonaga, Shuji Mukai, Murakami, Shimamoto, Fujiko Shiraga, Kazuo Shiraga, Sumi, Atsuko Tanaka, Uemae, Ukita, Toshio Yoshida, Jiro Yoshihara, and Michio Yoshihara. 
  • The Reconstructions: Avant-garde Art in Japan 1945–1965 exhibition is held at the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford, later travelling to Edinburgh. Included in the exhibition are works by Kanayama, Murakami, Shimamoto, Fujiko Shiraga, Kazuo Shiraga, Atsuko Tanaka, and Jiro Yoshihara. The Grupo Gutai: pintura y acción exhibition is staged by the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Español in Madrid; it later travels to Belgrade and Kobe. The exhibition consists of works by Kanayama, Maekawa, Masanobu, Matsutani, Motonaga, Shuji Mukai, Murakami, Shimamoto, Fujiko Shiraga, Kazuo Shiraga, Atsuko Tanaka, Uemae, Yamazaki, Toshio Yoshida, Jiro Yoshihara, and Michio Yoshihara. 

1990
  • The Japon des Avant-Gardes 1910–1970 exhibition is held at the Musée national d’Art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. Included in the exhibition are works by Kanayama, Motonaga, Murakami, Shimamoto, Fujiko Shiraga, Kazuo Shiraga, Atsuko Tanaka, Yamazaki, Toshio Yoshida, Jiro Yoshihara, and Michio Yoshihara. ​

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  • The Gutai: The Avant-garde Group Unfinished exhibition is held at the Shoto Museum of Art in Tokyo. The exhibition consists of works by Kanayama, Maekawa, Masanobu, Matsutani, Motonaga, Shuji Mukai, Murakami, Shimamoto, Fujiko Shiraga, Kazuo Shiraga, Sumi, Atsuko Tanaka, Uemae, Ukita, Yamazaki, Toshio Yoshida, Jiro Yoshihara, and Michio Yoshihara. 
  • Giappone all’avanguardia. Il Gruppo Gutai negli anni Cinquanta is held at the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna in Rome. The exhibition consists of works by Kanayama, Masanobu, Motonaga, Murakami, Shimamoto, Fujiko Shiraga, Kazuo Shiraga, Sumi, Atsuko Tanaka,Uemae, Ukita, Yamazaki, Toshio Yoshida. 

1991 
  • The Gutai Japanische Avantgarde 1954–1965 exhibition is held at the Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt. The exhibition consists of works by Kanayama, Masanobu, Motonaga, Shuji Mukai, Murakami, Shimamoto, Fujiko Shiraga, Kazuo Shiraga, Sumi, Atsuko Tanaka, Uemae, Ukita, Yamazaki, Toshio Yoshida, Jiro Yoshihara, and Michio Yoshihara. 
  • The Adventurers of Paintings “Gutai” exhibition is held at the Fukuoka Art Museum with works by Sadaharu Horio, Norio Imai, Maekawa, Masanobu, Matsutani, Motonaga, Murakami, Shimamoto, Kazuo Shiraga, Sumi, Takasaki, Atsuko Tanaka, Tsubouchi, Uemae, Yamazaki, Toshio Yoshida, and Jiro Yoshihara. ​

1992 ​
  • The Artists of Gutai Art Association exhibition is held at the Miyagi Museum of Art. It consists of works by Akiko Horio, Sadaharu Horio, Norio Imai, Kanayama, Maekawa, Masanobu, Matsutani, Motonaga, Shuji Mukai, Murakami, Naohara, Senkichiro Nasaka, Yuko Nasaka, Ohara, Onoda, Shimamoto, Kazuo Shiraga, Fujiko Shiraga, Sumi, Takasaki, Atsuko Tanaka, Ryuji Tanaka, Uemae, Ukita, Yamazaki, Toshio Yoshida, Jiro Yoshihara, and Michio Yoshihara. 
  • The Gutai I: 1954–1958 exhibition is held at the Ashiya City Museum of Art & History with works by Kanayama, Masanobu, Motonaga, Murakami, Shimamoto, Fujiko Shiraga, Kazuo Shiraga, Sumi, Atsuko Tanaka, Uemae, Ukita, Yamazaki, Toshio Yoshida, Jiro Yoshihara, and Michio Yoshihara. 
  • The Outdoor Exhibition Revived, organized by the Ashiya City Museum of Art & History, is held in Ashiya Park. Reproductions of twenty-four outdoor works by Kanayama, Masanobu, Motonaga, Murakami, Shimamoto, Fujiko Shiraga, Kazuo Shiraga, Sumi, Atsuko Tanaka, Taniguchi, Yamazaki, Toshio Yoshida, and Michio Yoshihara are shown on the site of the original 1956 event.  

1993 ​
  • The Gutai II: 1959–1965 exhibition is held at the Ashiya City Museum of Art & History. The exhibition consists of works by Kanayama, Kinashi, Maekawa, Masanobu, Motonaga, Shuji Mukai, Murakami, Yuko Nasaka, Ohara, Shimamoto, Fujiko Shiraga, Kazuo Shiraga, Sumi, Atsuko Tanaka, Tsubouchi, Uemae, Ukita, Yamazaki, Toshio Yoshida, Jiro Yoshihara and Michio Yoshihara. 
  • JuThe Gutai III: 1965–1972 exhibition is held at the Ashiya City Museum of Art & History. The exhibition consists of works by Akiko Horio, Sadaharu Horio, Norio Imai, Imanaka, Kanno, Kikunami, Maekawa, Masanobu, Matsuda, Matsutani, Moriuchi, Motonaga, Shuji Mukai, Murakami, Naohara, Senkichiro Nasaka, Yuko Nasaka, Ohara, Onoda, Sakamoto, Shimamoto, Kazuo Shiraga, Sumi, Tai, Takasaki, Ryuji Tanaka, Tsubouchi, Uemae, Yamazaki, Toshio Yoshida, Minoru Yoshida, Jiro Yoshihara, and Michio Yoshihara. The XLV International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale, “Passaggio in Oriente” is held in Venice. Included is a reproduction of the Gutai Outdoor Exhibition with works by Kanayama, Shimamoto, Kazuo Shiraga, Fujiko Shiraga, Sumi, Atsuko Tanaka, Murakami, Motonaga, Yamazaki, Toshio Yoshida, Jiro Yoshihara, and Michio Yoshihara. 
  • The Challenge of Art After the War: Jiro Yoshihara and the Gutai Group show is staged at the Museum of Art in Ehime. The exhibition includes works by Kanayama, Shimamoto, Fujiko Shiraga, Kazuo Shiraga, Sumi, Atsuko Tanaka, Teruyuki Tsubouchi, Uemae, Maekawa, Matsutani, Shuji Mukai, Murakami, Motonaga, Yamazaki, Toshio Yoshida, Jiro Yoshihara, and Michio Yoshihara. 
  • The Gutai 1955–56: A Restarting Point of Japanese Contemporary Art exhibition is held at the Penrose Institute in Tokyo with works by Kanayama, Shimamoto, Kazuo Shiraga, Sumi, Atsuko Tanaka, Uemae, Murakami, Motonaga, Yamazaki, Toshio Yoshida, Jiro Yoshihara, and Michio Yoshihara. 

1994 ​
  • The Japanese Art After 1945: Scream Against the Sky exhibition is staged at the Yokohama Museum of Art, and later travels to New York and San Francisco. Included in the exhibition are works by Kanayama, Motonaga, Murakami, Shimamoto, Fujiko Shiraga, Kazuo Shiraga, Atsuko Tanaka, Toshio Yoshida, Jiro Yoshihara, and Michio Yoshihara. 

1997 ​
  • The Torino Parigi New York Osaka. Tapié. Un Art Autre exhibition is held at Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna in Turin, later travelling to Toulouse. Included in the exhibition are works by Kanayama, Masanobu, Motonaga, Murakami, Shimamoto, Kazuo Shiraga, Sumi, Atsuko Tanaka, and Jiro Yoshihara. 

1998 ​
  • The Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949–1979 exhibition is held at the Geffen Contemporary in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and later travels to Vienna, Barcelona, and Tokyo. Included i n the exhibition are works by Kanayama, Shimamoto, Kazuo Shiraga, and Atsuko Tanaka.  

1999 ​
  • The Gutai exhibition is held at the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume in Paris with works by Kanayama, Maekawa, Masanobu, Motonaga, Murakami, Shimamoto, Fujiko Shiraga, Kazuo Shiraga, Sumi, Atsuko Tanaka, Uemae, Ukita, Toshio Yoshida, Jiro Yoshihara, and Michio Yoshihara. ​

2001 ​
  • Le Tribù dell’Arte exhibition is staged at the Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome. Included in the show are works by Kanayama, Motonaga, Shuji Mukai, Murakami, Shimamoto, Kazuo Shiraga, Atsuko Tanaka, Yamazaki, and Michio Yoshihara. ​

2002 ​
  • The Artists of Gutai Art Association exhibition is staged at the Miyagi Museum of Art. It includes works by Akiko Horio, Sadaharu Horio, Norio Imai, Kanayama, Kanno, Maekawa, Masanobu, Matsutani, Motonaga, Shuji Mukai, Murakami, Naohara, Senkichiro Nasaka, Yuko Nasaka, Ohara, Onoda, Shimamoto, Fujiko Shiraga, Kazuo Shiraga, Sumi, Takasaki, Atsuko Tanaka, Ryuji Tanaka, Uemae, Yamazaki, Toshio Yoshida, Jiro Yoshihara, and Michio Yoshihara. 

2004 ​
  • The GUTAI 1954–1972 exhibition is organized at the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, featuring works by Akiko Horio, Sadaharu Horio, Norio Imai, Imanaka, Kanayama, Kanno, Kikunami, Kinashi, Kitani, Maekawa, Masanobu, Matsuda, Matsutani, Moriuchi, Motonaga, Shuji Mukai, Murakami, Naohara, Senkichiro Nasaka, Yuko Nasaka, Ohara, Onoda, Sakamoto, Shimamoto, Fujiko Shiraga, Kazuo Shiraga, Sumi, Tai, Takasaki, Atsuko Tanaka, Ryuji Tanaka, Tsubouchi, Uemae, Ukita, Yamazaki, Toshio Yoshida, Minoru Yoshida, Jiro Yoshihara, and Michio Yoshihara. 

2006 ​
  • The ZERO. International Künstler-Avantgarde der 50er/60er Jahre exhibition is held at the Museum Kunst Palast in Düsseldorf and later travels to Saint-Étienne. Included in the exhibition are works by Kanayama, Motonaga, Murakami, Shimamoto, Fujiko Shiraga, Kazuo Shiraga, Atsuko Tanaka, Yamazaki, Toshio Yoshida, Jiro Yoshihara, and Michio Yoshihara. 

2007 ​
  • The Artempo: Where Time Becomes Art exhibition is held at Palazzo Fortuny in Venice. Included in the exhibition are works by Murakami, Shimamoto, Fujiko Shiraga, Kazuo Shiraga, and Yamazaki. ​

2009 ​
  • The 53rd International Art Exhibition The Venice Biennale, “Fare Mondi” includes a group of Gutai works by Kanayama, Motonaga, Murakami, Shimamoto, Kazuo Shiraga, Atsuko Tanaka, Yamazaki, Jiro Yoshihara, and Michio Yoshihara. The In-finitum exhibition is held at Palazzo Fortuny in Venice with works by Sadaharu Horio, Murakami, Shimamoto, Kazuo Shiraga, and Jiro Yoshihara. 
  • The “Under Each Other’s Spell”: The Gutai Group and New York exhibition is held at the Pollock–Krasner House and Study Center in New York. Included in the exhibition are works by Motonaga, Shimamoto, Kazuo Shiraga, Atsuko Tanaka, Toshio Yoshida, and Jiro Yoshihara. 

2010
  • The Gutai: Painting with Time and Space exhibition is held at Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano.