Features texts by Ming Tiampo ‘The Contents of “Emptiness”, Tsuruko Yamazaki’s Gutaï Years’ and Midori Nishizawa ‘Tsuruko Yamazaki, Beyond Gutaï: 1957 – 2009’.

Together with Shimamoto, Tsuruko Yamazaki (1929 – 2019 in Osaka, Japan) was one of Jiro Yoshihara's first students. In the first years of Gutai, she dedicated her work mainly to metallic or reflecting material. In the painting which began after his, she had preserved in particularly lively and brilliant color shades.

This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition Tsuruko Yamazaki,
Beyond Gutai: 1957-2009 held at Almine Rech Paris from March 13th
to April 30th, 2010.