Shozo Shimamoto

Executed in 2008.

Private Collection, Italy

Italy, Bologna, Museo Magi'900, Shozo Shimamoto, November 2008, p. 41, illustrated in colour

This work is in good condition. There are few scattered slight holes on the canvas in the left part of the work, primary one 40 cm from the bottom edge and 50 cm from the left edge of the work, presumably inherent to the artist’s working method. The Plexiglas exhibits signs of wear and cracks at the bottom corners but it is not part of the work. This work was not exhibited out of its frame.
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"Shimamoto spread a long canvas in front of himself and struck it with bottles full of coloured paint which, upon contact with the floor and with suitably placed rocks, broke, spraying coloured paint all over the surface. The result was a true chromatic explosion: rich, lively, full of a vitality and a cheerfulness of its own, blended with a certain tragic tone."
Lorenzo Mango