Gutai, Art During the Apocalypse (Content Minded Ep.107).

From Content Minded Podcast by giantartproductions

June 29, 2026 · 1h 5m

About this episode

This episode explores the Gutai Art Association and its significance in the context of post-war art and philosophy.

On this episode of Content Minded, I explore the art, philosophy and historical context of the Gutai Art Association in Japan, one of the most important Avant-Garde art movements that came out of the post-war period. There is a discussion about their unique approach to art materials, the metaphysics of their practise, how they relate to the writings of Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty, and how they aesthetically anticipated things such as “vital materialism” and “object-orientated ontology”. I also talk about issues dealing with art and politics as it relates to a globalized world, this whole obsession over “third-worldism” and a critique of global liberalism and the erasure of true difference in various civilizations around the globe. The first half is free, and the full episode is on Patreon and Substack for only $5 a month! Please like, share and subscribe, it really helps me out. Link to the Full Patreon Episode: https://www.patreon.com/giantartproductions/posts/gutai-art-during-162435311Link to the free and paywalled Substack link downloadable/RSS capable: https://gioscontentcorner.substack.com/p/gutai-art-during-the-apocalypse-content - - - Buy my artwork and artist prints…

People in this episode

Host: Giant Art Productions

Topics covered

Gutai Art Association
Avant-Garde art movements
art and politics
globalization
vital materialism
object-oriented ontology

Keywords

Gutai
art philosophy
Heidegger
Merleau-Ponty
global liberalism
third-worldism
avant-garde

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gutai Art Association, Patreon, Substack