Shozo Shimamoto (1928-2013)

Sad news from John Held Jr. today. He informed the network through Facebook that Shozo Shimamoto died 3 days ago. It was 3 days after Shoso turned 85 years old.

John Held is currently working on a Gutai exhibition in San Francisco and that will be a special event now for sure. I met Shozo Shimamoto in 1990 in Köln when he was doing the NetRun, and took this photo of him then. He will be missed.

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Comment by liketelevisionsnow on April 11, 2013 at 11:07pm: That's a very nice portrait of the artist. He looks like the Buddha.

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 28, 2013 at 9:29am: PEACE!

Comment by Ruud Janssen on January 28, 2013 at 5:52am

Comment by Ruud Janssen on January 28, 2013 at 5:52am

Comment by Ruud Janssen on January 28, 2013 at 5:51am

Comment by Alicia Starr on January 27, 2013 at 8:30pm

Comment by Helder on January 27, 2013 at 8:20pm: Sad news, i really like what Gutai group stand for. Im not very familiar with Shimamoto mail art works, but will surely check it out. R.I.P.

Comment by E on January 27, 2013 at 7:42pm

Comment by E on January 27, 2013 at 7:41pm

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