Biography

Yutaka Matsuzawa (松澤宥, Matsuzawa Yutaka, February 2, 1922–October 15, 2006) was a pioneer conceptual artist. He was active from the 1950s through his death in central Japan. Like his peers On Kawara, Yoko Ono, Genpei Akasegawa, and Shusaku Arakawa, his experiences with wartime Japan shaped him as an artist and led him to rejecting the status quo