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

Introduction to Archives XVI: The Shadow in a Marginalia: Shuzo Takiguchi’s Room

"Should this place be called a 'study (room)' or should it be called a 'room occupied by shadows'?" From Shuzo Takiguchi, "Hakushi no Shuhen" in Marginalia (Misuzu Shobo, 1966)

 

Shuzo Takiguchi (1903–1979) was a poet and art critic whose activities spanned different fields having simultaneously worked as an exhibition organizer in the 1950s, primarily for Gallery Takemiya, and starting formative experiments in the 1960s. This exhibition attempts to project Takiguchi's study (room) through various materials. A study is a place of creation where many thoughts and memories flow freely during the creative process. In other words, it is a room where "shadows" reside. By studying the various rearrangements of constellation (his document collections) attempted by Takiguchi using photographs, and focusing on his book Marginalia with an exhibition of first edition copies, we will compare the condition of his study before and after this book crystallized. Treating the photos as images of the "shadows" occupying the room and the crystallized Marginalia as one model of the study, we will look back at the creative process of this book and try to consider events in past arrangements of the study, as well as Takiguchi's creation itself.

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Date

Monday, January 22 – Friday, March 16, 2018

Venue

Keio University Art Space

Audience

Everyone welcome

Cost

Free participation

Enquiries and bookings

Keio University Art Center
+81-3-5427-1621

Exhibition［Introduction to Archives XVI］

Date

Monday, January 22  – Friday, March 16, 2018 / Monday to Friday, 11:00-18:00 (Closed on Saturday, Sunday and Holiday)

Venue

Keio University Art Space
[Located on the ground floor of Keio University South Annex]

2-15-45, Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8345
Tel. 03-5427-1621　Fax. 03-5427-1620

JR: Tamachi station on Yamanote - and KeihinTohoku Line
Subway: Mita station on Mita Line, Akabanebashi station on Oedo Line

Audience

Everyone welcome

Cost

Free participation

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Enquiries and bookings

Keio University Art Center
+81-3-5427-1621

Organiser(s)

Organiser: Keio University Art Center
Grant: The Kao Foundation for Arts and Sciences

Items to be displayed (tentative)

I. Photographs of Shuzo Takiguchi's study (room)
"In his (room) with young friends" (1961)
"In his study (room)" (1963)
"Shuzo Takiguchi's study in his home in Nishiochiai" (1970) by Mitsutoshi Hanaga
"Shuzo Takiguchi in his study" (around 1970) by Eikoh Hosoe
"Takiguchi wearing Shuzo Takiguchi Arrow Finger by Kazuo Okazaki (1973)
"Shuzo Takiguchi below an olive tree" (1974) by Yutaka Takanashi
"Shuzo Takiguchi and his wife in his study in their home in Nishiochiai" (1975) by Kiyoji Otsuji
"Shuzo Takiguchi's study" (1980) by Kiyoji Otsuji
Others

II. First editions and draft copies of Marginalia (Parts of the printed editions have been written in. The number of draft copies may increase depending on future examinations.)
"Marginalia" first edition: 52 copies; draft: 6 copies

III. Floor Plan of Shuzo Takiguchi's Study
By Tatsuo Ikeda, Arata Isozaki, Kunio Iwaya, Mitsuo Kano, Yoshio Nakae, and Noriko Ueno

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