Shuzo Azuchi Gulliver is a pivotal figure of the Japanese avant-garde and counterculture. His works include a full-scale replica of himself, symbolism in biological structures (DNA), and performances and drawings on the basis of forms and shapes. These works anomalously question existence and persistently challenge fundamental questions with an anti-axiomatic mindset towards the status quo. While these activities hold a unique position in post-war art, a large number of the work is still unreleased, leaving his countenance in mystery.
MoMa will bring the 1960s to life with a newly restored, immersive moving – image work by Shuzo Azuchi Gulliver at the Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Studio next year (postponed by Corona)... Shuzo Azuchi Gulliver’s Cinematic Illumination is organized by Sophie Cavoulacos, Assistant Curator, Department of Film.