After making a series of works called Vitrine that used layered glass in the 1950s, Yamaguchi joined Jikken Kobo (Experimental Workshop) at the time of the group’s founding. He later created sculptures that incorporated light and movement and showed his work at the Venice Biennale in 1968. Yamaguchi also staged performances and happenings and participated in Fluxus activities. In 1972, he formed the video collective Video Hiroba, producing some of Japan’s first video artworks.
Throughout a career that spans the late 1940s to the present, Yamaguchi Katsuhiro has consistently proven to be one of Japan’s most visionary artists, distinguished by his restless curiosity about new media and means of artistic expression, and a powerful intellect that has been expressed not only through artworks but also through the organization of…
