ART–OTH–YAM
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Katsuro Yamaguchi
Gestural Lineages
Geometry as rhythm
ART–OTH–YAM
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Geometry as rhythm
Katsuro Yamaguchi
ART–OTH–YAM
Geometry as rhythm
Index Code:
ART–OTH–YAM
Orgin:
Tokyo, Japan
Field Notes:
geometry as rhythm · light as motion · structure as vibration
Defining Moment:
Early 1950s — line as vibration; edge defined the field

Katsuro Yamaguchi

( 
1928–2018
 )
kaht-soo-ro yah-mah-goo-chee

Yamaguchi built a world where geometry trembles.

His luminous panels and linear constructions transform abstraction into rhythm — repetition rendered as motion.

Light shifts across their surfaces like breath on metal.

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In his world, form vibrates with perception: clarity turned to frequency.

Structural Focus

Reduction with Atmosphere

Form is reduced without becoming cold or purely rational. Minimal means are used to produce calm, resonance, or emotional density.

In Katsuro Yamaguchi’s work, this approach appears where chromatic restraint structures soft geometry.

Position

Reduction with Atmosphere

Form is reduced without becoming cold or purely rational. Minimal means are used to produce calm, resonance, or emotional density.

In Katsuro Yamaguchi’s work, this approach appears where chromatic restraint structures soft geometry.
Constructed Surfaces
Surfaces are built through layering, joining, and controlled fabrication.
Systems of Clarity
Order and coherence arise through disciplined systems and constraints.
Gesture
Gesture functions as structure through disciplined, repeatable action.
Structure
Structure holds the work through rules, joins, and controlled relationships between parts.
Material
Material behavior governs form through weight, resistance, and constraint.
Art
Form operates as a site for material, perceptual, and conceptual inquiry.
Gutai
Material and action test the limits of form through direct physical engagement.
Japanese Abstraction
Abstraction emerges through restraint, material sensitivity, and gesture.
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Structual Relations
The following practices are connected through shared structural decisions in form, material, and spatial logic.

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How are these related?
Quiet Modernism relates practices through how form is organized rather than how it appears. Connections emerge through shared structural conditions — such as repetition, constraint, spatial organization, material behavior, or duration — even when outcomes differ.

A single grouping may reflect multiple overlapping structural concerns.
Kazuo Shiraga
Gesture as structure
SANAA
Material determining architectural form

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