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Yamazaki Tsuruko 山崎鶴子
Tin Cans 錫罐
1955/1986
In this installation, identical tin cans are arranged on the ground, with some stacked on top of each other. The shining and reflective surfaces of the cans are dyed red. Yamazaki Tsuruko produced the work for The First Gutai Art Exhibition in Tokyo in 1955. Gutai means ‘concreteness’ in Japanese, and the Gutai artists in post-war Japan experimented with new ways of engaging with materials, seeking to move beyond painting and unseat it as the highest form of visual art, and to express their individuality. Inspired by tin cans used by American soldiers stationed in Japan after the Second World War, Yamazaki began exploring the malleable and reflective properties of tin. The production of Tin Cans involved pouring a synthetic dye onto metal sheets, which were then cut and assembled into objects resembling tin cans. Yamazaki’s interest in non-traditional surfaces for painting led to further experiments with tin, such as her Work paintings of the late 1950s, which depict colourful streaks and washes of dye and varnish on tin plates.
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