8 works online
Wikipedia entry
Introduction
Atsuko Tanaka (田中 敦子, Tanaka Atsuko; February 10, 1932 – December 3, 2005) was a pioneering Japanese avant-garde artist. She was a central figure in the Gutai Art Association, although her painting and performance art received relatively little international attention until the early 2000s, when she received her first solo show.
Wikidata
Q274945
View or edit the full Wikipedia entry
Information from Wikipedia, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Getty record
Introduction
Member of the group Gutai, which she joined in 1955. Tanaka is best known for her "Electric Dress," made from electrical cords and light bulbs, and for work that combined non-traditional art materials, including sound and light, in performance, sculpture, and installations. She later concentrated on abstract paintings and drawings.
Nationality
Japanese
Gender
Female
Roles
Artist, Multimedia Artist, Painter, Performance Artist, Sculptor
Names
Atsuko Tanaka, 田中敦子
Ulan
500125006
View the full Getty record
Information from Getty’s Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License
Licensing

If you would like to reproduce an image of a work of art in MoMA’s collection, or an image of a MoMA publication or archival material (including installation views, checklists, and press releases), please contact Art Resource (publication in North America) or Scala Archives (publication in all other geographic locations).

All requests to license audio or video footage produced by MoMA should be addressed to Scala Archives at [email protected]. Motion picture film stills or motion picture footage from films in MoMA’s Film Collection cannot be licensed by MoMA/Scala. For licensing motion picture film footage it is advised to apply directly to the copyright holders. For access to motion picture film stills please contact the Film Study Center. More information is also available about the film collection and the Circulating Film and Video Library.

If you would like to reproduce text from a MoMA publication or moma.org, please email [email protected]. If you would like to publish text from MoMA’s archival materials, please fill out this permission form and send to [email protected].

Feedback

This record is a work in progress. If you have additional information or spotted an error, please send feedback to [email protected].