Takesada Matsutani

* 1937 Osaka, Japan lives in Paris, France

From the early 1960s until the 1970s, Takesada Matsutani was a member of the Japanese Gutai group. Matsutani’s key solo exhibitions include ‘Confluence’ at Manggha Museum, Krakow (2018); ‘Currents’ at Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya (2015); ‘A Matrix’ at Hauser & Wirth, London (2013); ‘Stream’, Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura (2010); ‘Matsutani’s Prints, 1960-1988’, Ashiya City Museum of Art and History (1999); Gutai Pinacotheca, Osaka (1963). Significant group shows include: ‘Takesada Matsutani’, Centre Pompidou, Paris (2019); ‘Viva Arte Viva’, 57th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia (2017); ‘Nouvelle présentation des collections modernes (1905-1965)’, Centre Pompidou, Paris (2015); ‘The Collection: Gutai progress’, Ashiya City Museum of Art and History (2013); ‘Gutai: Splendid Playground’, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (2013); ‘Gutai Historical Survey and Contemporary Response’, San Francisco Art Institute (2013); ‘Gutai: The Spirit of an Era’, National Art Center, Tokyo (2012); ‘A Visual Essay on Gutai’, Hauser & Wirth, New York (2012); ‘GUTAI 1954-1972’, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe (2004); ‘43ème salon de Mai’, Grand Palais, Paris (1988); ‘Grupo Gutai: Pintura y Acción’, Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid (1985); ‘36 Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte Grafica d’oggi’, Galleria Internazionale d’Arte Moderna, ca’Pesaro, Venice (1972); ‘20th Gutai Art Exhibition’, Gutai Pinacotheca, Osaka (1968); ‘Three-Person exhibition: Mukai, Matsutani, Maekawa’, Gutai Pinacotheca, Osaka (1966); ‘9th Gutai Art Exhibition’, Takashimaya Department Store, Osaka (1960).