Representative work by Atsuko Tanaka
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Atsuko Tanaka

1932–2005 · Japanese

Atsuko Tanaka joined Gutai in 1955 and developed some of the group’s most iconic works, including Electric Dress, a wearable structure of flashing colored bulbs and electrical wiring. Her later paintings translated circuits, nodes and looping connections into dense fields of color.

Painting; performance; installation

Major Works

  • 1956Electric Dress
  • 1955Work (Bell)
  • 1956Stage Clothes
  • 1957Work
  • 1964Untitled
  • 1966Work 1966
  • 19751975 Work
  • 1985Work 1985
  • 1993Untitled
  • 1960s–2000sCircle paintings

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