ASHIYA
ART
PROJECT

Gutai Bijutsu Kyokai (Gutai Art Association) was founded in 1954 in Ashiya, Japan, based on the philosophy that art should be an　embodiment of the free spirit. Since then, the “GUTAI” Art Group has been a source of great inspiration for contemporary art both in and outside Japan.
With this legacy, the Ashiya Art Project or AAP was created to inherit GUTAI’s philosophy in today's world and pass it on to the next generation. From GUTAI’s birthplace in Ashiya, we strive to explore the roles and possibilities of art whereby the “free spirit” pursued by GUTAI is to guide us all the way from the past to the present and on into the future.
In this way, AAP hopes to keep the noble fire burning for the time that lies ahead of us.