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Sadamasa Motonaga was a Japanese artist and founding member of the Gutai Collective, an avant-garde movement that emerged in postwar Osaka and prioritized direct physical engagement with materials over traditional representation. Working primarily with light, water, and vinyl, Motonaga created immersive installations and sculptural works that treated the body as an active participant rather than a passive viewer. His practice, spanning from the 1950s onward, challenged conventional boundaries between painting, sculpture, and performance through ephemeral and kinetic interventions.

Mie, Japan