Nude With Raised Arms - Bronze Japan Circa 1960-70 Anonymous #513

This strange and mysterious nude, with a scratched body, is an anonymous work from 1960-70, which places us here in post-1945 Japan: From the disaster, a new artistic trend appears: While some sculptors continue to create in an art deco or neo art deco style; many will produce disturbing works, attack, destroy classical figuration. - In painting there will be the Gutai style (Jirō Yoshihara.1905-72) search for a contemporary beauty revealed in the alterations caused by disasters) - Butoh (Tatsumi Hijikata 1928-1986) “dance of the dark body” is a break with traditional performing arts.) The sculptor Seibo Kitamura (1884-1987) creates a “skeletal, angry, ghostly” beauty according to the critics of his time. Traditional arts seem powerless to express new issues. Some artists seek to express what makes them suffer, while others celebrate peace. Bronze with brown patina - Weight 8.2 kg - a certificate will be given to the purchaser.