Shozo Shimamoto mono.kultur Including a reprint of Joy

Including a reprint of Joy William's seminal short story The Yard Boy and a complete facsimile of Heta Kircher Janitz' 1959 Masters thesis on fabric weaving

and Bach’s principles of composition – material woven in a continuous chain of associations embracing ecclesiastical history

like a detective

Karma (New York)

Architectura & Natura (Amsterdam)

Shozo Shimamoto mono.kultur Including a reprint of JoyA founding member of the Japanese avant garde Gutai movement, Shozo Shimamoto (1928 2013, Japan) is one of the first Japanese painters to ban the paintbrush. Shimamoto was well known for using different media and exploring different concepts of time and space, while simultaneously focusing on mechanic methods within his practice. As such, he perforated canvases or smashed glass bottles on them, which were filled with paint. He shot paint with cannons