Atsuko Tanaka | |
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![]() Atsuko Tanaka in 1957, wearing her Electric Dress | |
Born | |
Died | December 3, 2005 | (aged 74)
Known for | Painting, Sculpture, Performance art, Installation art |
Atsuko Tanaka (田中 敦子, Tanaka Atsuko; February 10, 1932 – December 3, 2005) was a Japanese avant-garde artist. She was a central figure of the Gutai Art Association from 1955 to 1965. Her works have found increased curatorial and scholarly attention across the globe since the early 2000s, when she received her first museum retrospective in Ashiya, Japan, which was followed by the first retrospective abroad, in New York and Vancouver.[1][2] Her work was featured in multiple exhibitions on Gutai art in Europe and North America.[1]