Three Fun Ways to Paint

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fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/586808600?h=6bfb99cc30" width="100%"></iframe> </div> </div> </figure> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block-rich_text"><p>This video is inspired by the work of the <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/what-is/gutai">Gutai Group</a>. </p><p>After the Second World War in Japan, a group of artists formed a radical new art group called Gutai. You can learn all about the Gutai group by <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/what-is/gutai">watching our video</a>. </p><p>One of the artists in the group was called Shimamoto Sh艒z艒. He would make exciting artworks by trying out new materials and experimenting with how he made art. He made paintings by throwing bottles of paint at a white canvas and exploding paint from a canon. Now that鈥檚 one way to do it! Here he is in action. </p></div> <div class="block-image"><div class="article-media "> <figure class="article-media__figure"> <picture> <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-340_m2cUXi9.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-420_6jN4UES.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-540_eCEB6sw.jpg 540w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-680_XLfxcBi.jpg 680w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-840_gg1WGxn.jpg 840w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-1200_41qx9ge.jpg 1000w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-1440_ORLcC8N.jpg 1000w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 600px) 540px, (max-width: 840px) 680px, (max-width: 1023px) 840px, (max-width: 1420px) 1200px, 1440px, " > <img alt="" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-340_m2cUXi9.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="522" > </picture> <figcaption class="image__caption"> <p class="image__caption__piece"> Kiyoji Otsuji<br> <em><a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/otsuji-shimamoto-shozo-making-a-painting-by-hurling-glass-bottles-of-paint-against-a-p82286">Shimamoto Shozo making a painting by hurling glass bottles of paint against a canvas, 2nd Gutai Art Exhibition</a></em> (1956, printed 2012) <br>Tate </p> <p class="image__caption__copyright"><a id="master-image-copyright" href="/about-us/policies-and-procedures/website-terms-use">漏 reserved</a></p> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> <div class="block-rich_text"><p>This is another of his artwork called <em>Holes</em>. To make it, he stuck layers of newspaper on a canvas frame and painted on top of it. Then he poked lots of holes in it! </p></div> <div class="block-image"><div class="article-media "> <figure class="article-media__figure"> <picture> <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-340_rGzWRMi.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-420_FigXufz.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-540_SlkW82T.jpg 540w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-680_nXbcPN7.jpg 680w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-840_7jKhG1W.jpg 840w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-1200_vIUcn04.jpg 1182w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-1440_sulke5H.jpg 1182w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 600px) 540px, (max-width: 840px) 680px, (max-width: 1023px) 840px, (max-width: 1420px) 1200px, 1440px, " > <img alt="" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-340_rGzWRMi.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="441" > </picture> <figcaption class="image__caption"> <p class="image__caption__piece"> Shozo Shimamoto<br> <em><a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/shimamoto-holes-t07898">Holes</a></em> (1954) <br>Tate </p> <p class="image__caption__copyright"><a id="master-image-copyright" href="/about-us/policies-and-procedures/website-terms-use">漏 Shozo Shimamoto</a></p> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> <div class="block-rich_text"><p>Can you think of any other new ways to make a painting that might not need a paintbrush, or even paint? </p><p><em>Part of <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/uniqlo-tate-play">UNIQLO Tate Play</a> in partnership with UNIQLO. 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