Genpei Akasegawa
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Genpei Akasegawa (1961)
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| Native name | 赤瀬川 原平 |
| Born |
Katsuhiko Akasegawa March 27, 1937 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Died |
October 26, 2014 (aged 77) Tokyo, Japan |
| Other names | Katsuhiko Otsuji |
| Occupation | Conceptual artist, photographer, essayist, short story writer |
Genpei Akasegawa (赤瀬川 原平 Akasegawa Genpei?) was a pseudonym of Japanese artist Katsuhiko Akasegawa (赤瀬川 克彦 Akasegawa Katsuhiko?) (March 27, 1937 – October 26, 2014). He used another pen name, Katsuhiko Otsuji (尾辻 克彦 Otsuji Katsuhiko?), for literary works.
Akasegawa was born in 1937 in Yokohama, and moved to Ashiya, Ōita and Nagoya in his childhood because of his father's job. Shusaku Arakawa was a high school classmate in Nagoya.
In 1960, Akasegawa became involved within the Neo-Dada Organizers, along with Ushio Shinohara, Shusaku Arakawa, and Masanobu Yoshimura. He formed the Hi-Red Center with Jiro Takamatsu and Natsuyuki Nakanishi in 1963, which was a group of artists that presented their works as a collective in Japan; they performed happenings within the Hi-Red Center. Akasegawa was also associated with the avant-garde.
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