Green small cocoon
"Green Small Cocoon" by Tetsumi Kudo exemplifies the Japanese artist's signature use of found materials and organic forms to explore themes of decay, transformation, and containment. Created during the 1960s when Kudo was developing his distinctive aesthetic that blended Buddhist philosophy with avant garde experimentation, the work likely features his characteristic assemblage of natural and industrial detritus encased within or around a cocoon like structure. Kudo's practice challenged conventional notions of beauty and artistic materials, positioning the seemingly insignificant detritus of everyday life as worthy subjects for serious artistic contemplation.
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Collection Niomar Moniz Sodré Bittencourt | La Liberté pour dogme
April 10, 2025
Estimate: $20,000 – $30,000
Lot 37
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The artist of provocation, Tetsumi Kudo was part of the emerging Anti-Art sentiment during the late 1950s to the early 1960s in Japan. Although educated at the prestigious Tokyo University of the Arts, Kudo’s unbridled experimentalism led him to incorporate a broad range of unconventional materials into his sculptures and installations. Often charged with socio-political critique and tabooed sexual connotations, his work pushed the limit of postwar Japanese art to a new level of imagination.
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