Inspired by Jackson Pollock, the white-haired Kazuo placed a canvas on the floor, hung it from the ceiling with a rope, and painted barefoot while mixing paints, trying to transcend the framework of existing abstract paintings, creating this technique.
The white-haired Kazuo was recognized by the French critic Michel Tarpi and participated in the informal exhibition, an opportunity to receive high praise internationally.
In his later years, he gained a lot at Mount Hiei's Enri Temple, and the influence of tantra is also reflected in his works.
The specific art association to which the white hair belongs was impressed in exhibitions in Japan and overseas in the 1980s, and is now a representative group of Japanese contemporary art.
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Born in 1924 as a kimono merchant in Nishimotocho, Inazaki City, Hyogo Prefecture.
He graduated from the Department of Japanese Painting at Kyoto Municipal University of Fine Arts in 1948. After that, he turned to Western cinema.
1952 Formed a "zero(zero) society" with Saburo Murakami, Akira Kanayama, Atsuko Tanaka, and others. Studied under Jiro Yoshihara.
1954 Foot painting begins.
In 1955, he became a member of the Concrete Art Association and participated in the first Tokyo Exhibition of the Specific Art Association.
It was acquired in 1971 at Enriku-ji Temple.
He died of sepsis in 2008 at the age of 84.
Masterpiece: Celestial Red-Haired Ghost
The white-haired Kazuo has a keen interest in Chinese religion and history.
Especially when he was a child, he was addicted to "Water Margin".
The teachings of Jiro Yoshihara, the founder of the Concrete Arts Association, put forward the idea of creating something that no one had ever seen, and did not allow history to be imitated and interpreted.
Therefore, the title of a work is often two words: "work". The white hair is named after many of the characters in the Water Margin. One of them is the "Celestial Red-Haired Demon" of the Water Margin series.