VIDEO: Renowned Japanese Artist Ushio Shinohara Creates Painting at KMA

Renowned Japanese artist Ushio Shinohara used his fists to create a painting in the atrium of the Katonah Museum of Art recently to kick off the facility’s “Lethal Beauty” exhibit.

The “boxing painting” is only the fourth such effort the legendary artist has created in the United States, according to the museum.

“At once a rumination on the creative process – in all its mental and physical dimensions – and a playful send-up of “action painting” a la Jackson Pollock, Shinohara’s performance operates on multiple levels, playing off themes of humor, endurance, and history,” museum officials said in a statement.

Below is a video by Vanessa Smith on Vimeo of the performance.

Ushio Shinohara from Vanessa Smith on Vimeo.