慶應義塾大学アート・センター　Keio University Art Center

In 1940, Shuzo Takiguchi published the world's earliest monograph on Joan Miró, Miró (Seiyo Bijutsu Bunko 48), and in 1958, Takiguchi traveled to Europe as the Japanese commissioner and judge for the Venice Biennale, where he hoped but was unable to meet Miró. The two actually met during Miró's first visit to Japan in 1966, and their relationship later resulted in two collaborative books of poetry and painting, Handmade Proverbs (1970) and With Miró's Stars (1978). Through the talk session between Ms. Cabañas and Mr. Matsuda, we would like to discuss the expansion of the relationship between the two artists based on their interaction, using specific materials in the Shuzo Takiguchi Collection, which is managed by the Keio University Art Center Archives.


Date & Time: Wednesday, 8th March 2023, 12:00-13:30
Venue: Held online (Zoom)

Part 1: Introduction by Hiroyuki Kasai
Part 2: Talk Session: Pilar Cabañas and Kenji Matsuda

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Pilar Cabañas
Associate Professor of Art History since 2003, at The Complutense University of Madrid. PhD in Art History since 1992. Line of research: artistic exchanges between Spain and Japan, after 1945-1995, Researching Award: “Pilar Juncosa i Sotheby´s” for her research on “Personal relationship and artistic collaboration between Joan Miró and Shûzô Takiguchi. The internationalization of art”. The first publication on this subject were in 2000: About the unpublished correspondence between Joan Miró and Shûzô Takiguchi. Personal relationship and artistic collaboration (Spanish). Archivo Español de Arte. CSIC. Vol. LXXIII, nº 291, July-Septembre 2000, pp. 277-284; and the book La fuerza de Oriente en la obra de Joan Miró [East Asia Source in Joan Miró works] (Electa, 2000). The line of research of artistic exchanges between Spain and Japan, after 1945 was inaugurated with this publication in Spain. 

Hiroyuki Kasai
Born in 1961. Professor at Keio University. Specializes in 20th century French literature, especially Jean Cocteau. Engaged in research of Takiguchi's materials at the Shuzo Takiguchi Archive (now the Shuzo Takiguchi Collection) at the Keio University Art Center. His major edited books include Les Cahiers Jean Cocteau 16 : Jean Cocteau et l'Orient (Non Lieu, 2018) and Shuzo Takiguchi 1958 ──Traveling Eyes (Keio University Press, 2009).

Kenji Matsuda
Born in Kumamoto Prefecture. Graduated from Sophia University, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Department of Hispanic Languages, and Gakushuin University, Doctoral Course, and University Complutense of Madrid, Doctoral Course, DEA. Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Keio University. He is the author of Motto Motto Shiranai Picasso Revised Edition (co-author, Tokyo Bijutsu) and Introduction to Spanish Art History (co-author, NHK Publishing Co., Ltd.).

Ignacio Adriasola (interpreter)
Associate Professor of Art History, Visual Art and Theory at The University of British Columbia.

About Shuzo Takiguchi Research Group: The Shuzo Takiguchi Research Group is held once a month with the purpose of historically positioning Shuzo Takiguchi through the Shuzo Takiguchi Collection under the collection of KUAC and exploring its central possibilities. Launched in 2021.