Looking at Katsuhiro Yamaguchi: Through his Diaries, 1945-1955

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About the Exhibition

In the period immediately after the Second World War, Katsuhiro Yamaguchi (1928–2018) was a trailblazer who pioneered a new kind of Japanese media art. This exhibition draws upon new discoveries elicited by recent research into Yamaguchi’s diaries, painting a fuller picture of his enquiries into overseas art movements, the formation of the artist group Jikken Kobo [Experimental Workshop], and their activities with APN. These are presented alongside the works of fellow artists such as Shozo Kitadai, Hideko Fukushima and Kiyoji Otsuji, and related materials. We also investigate the birth and development of Yamaguchi’s seminal early Vitrines series.

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Venue: KAMAKURA ANNEX

Period: February 12 – April 17, 2022

Closed: Mondays (except for March 21)

Opening hours: 9:30 – 17:00 (Last admission at 16:30)

Admissions: Adults: 700 yen
Under 20 or Students: 550 yen
65 and over: 350 yen
High School Students: 100 yen
Junior High School Students and under 16: Free
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Organized by: The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama

Works

Shozo Kitadai
Lost Paradise (Composition of Rotary Planes)
ca.1952-53
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
©Tokyo Publishing House
Composition: Katsuhiro Yamaguchi; Photography: Kiyoji Otsuji
Composition for APN
(Asahi Graph, Feb.11, 1953)
1953
Private Collection
©Estate of Katsuhiro Yamaguchi
Composition: Katsuhiro Yamaguchi; Photography: Kiyoji Otsuji
Composition for APN
(Asahi Graph, May.13, 1953)
1953
Private Collection
©Estate of Katsuhiro Yamaguchi
Composition: Katsuhiro Yamaguchi;
Music: Hiroyoshi Suzuki
Automatic slide projection,
The Adventure of Test Pirot W.S.'s Eyes
1953/1986
Private Collection
©Estate of Katsuhiro Yamaguchi
Kiyoji Otsuji
Stage for Pierott Lunaire
1955
Musashino Art University Museum & Library
Moholy-Nagy László
Vision in Motion
1947
The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama (Sadanosuke Nakada Library)

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