At the production of the mural drawings by Jiro Takamatsu, Supper Club Cazador, 1967 ©The Estate of Jiro Takamatsu, Courtesy of Yumiko Chiba Associates Photo: FUJITSUKA Mitsumasa

Cazador

KURAMATA Shiro / TAKAMATSU Jiro Photographed by FUJITSUKA Mitsumasa

June 18 – July 19, 2014

Yumiko Chiba Associates viewing room shinjuku

Gallery Talk & Opening Reception： Saturday, June 28

Yumiko Chiba Associates viewing room shinjuku is pleased to present, from June 18, 2014, an exhibition of a photographic record by Mitsumasa Fujitsuka, who photographed a joint workspace, a bar called Supper Club Cazador, in Shinjuku, , which was produced by Shiro Kuramata and Jiro Takamatsu.

In Japan, from the end of the ’60s to the beginning of ’70s, the people who expressed themselves in various fields—art, music, architecture, photography, design, and drama—joined together and further developed their activities, spurring one another on. In the meantime, they posed a fundamental inquiry of what an artistic expression should be and what is the grounds for being so, in their performances achieved in such an inspiring circumstances.

With such a background at the time, Kuramata, who had established his own design practice, took on the interior of the Supper Club Cazador in 1967 and commissioned Takamatsu to create a mural for its walls. Through their collaboration, a new space was established inside the bar, which was illusory yet real, crossing shadows on the walls painted by Takamatsu with real shadows. Here, presence (the real shadows) coexisted with absence (the mural shadows), and the state was visualized. Takamatsu simply created the shadows (from his Shadow series) in the mural, thus he could release them from the existing frame of art and came to realize more genuine concept of absence. Kuramata also presented a new state of space and its concept beyond the scope of interior design. Fujitsuka, who had been taking photos of Kuramata’s works, mentioned that Kuramata must have been awakened by a “philosophical logic of space” after his collaboration with Takamatsu.

The exhibition is a cooperation by Itaru Hirano, the chief curator of the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama. It aims to reveal the concepts of Takamatsu and Kuramata in each production and to expose the characteristics

of their time through Fujitsuka’s photographs of Takamatsu’s mural drawings from his Shadow series.

This exhibition features a hardly-publicly-known, very rare photographic record of the production of the collaborative space by Shiro Kuramata and Jiro Takamatsu, who were in the leading positions in their fields of interior design and contemporary art in Japan, respectively.

For further information, Mr. Hirao’s research book, The Shadows of Cazador, is scheduled to be published on June 28.

■Gallery Talk With Mitsumasa Fujitsuka, Photographer and Itaru Hirano, Chief Curator of the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama Saturday, June 28, 17:00-18:30; booking required, ¥900 (includes the research book on Shiro Kuramata & Jiro Takamatsu) *For booking, send an email with your name, address, and telephone number to

■Book The Shadows of Cazador, Research Book on Shiro Kuramata & Jiro Takamatsu Written by Itaru Hirano, ¥1,000 Published by: Yumiko Chiba Associates Publication Date: June 28, 2014 Cooperated by: HELICO, Kuramata Design Office, heuristic Co., Ltd.

■Profile

KURAMATA, Shiro

1934 Born in Tokyo (died 1991) 1950 Entered Tokyo High School of Industrial Art, Wood Craft Dept. 1954 Joined Teikok Kizai Furniture Factory, Tokyo 1955 Entered Kuwasawa Design Institute, Dept. of Interior Design, Tokyo 1957-1964 Joined San-ai Co. Ltd., Advertisement Dept., Tokyo 1964-1965 Joined Matsuya Department Store, Interior Design Room, Tokyo 1965 Started Kuramata Design Office, Tokyo 1967 Worked with Jiro Takamatsu for the interior design of Supper Club Cazador, Tokyo 1969 Joined the creators’ group, Silencer, Tokyo 1970 Participated in Japan World Exposition (EXPO'70), Osaka 1971 Worked with Jiro Takamatsu to set the enclosure during construction of Carioca Building, Tokyo 1972 Received 18th Mainichi Industrial Design Award Worked with Jiro Takamatsu for the interior design of Pub-Bar Bistro, Fukuoka 1973 A Glimpse of Kuramata's Work, Matsuya Ginza Design Gallery, Tokyo 1977 Art Today '77- Structure of Seeing, The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo 1978 MA Espace-Temps du Japon, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France Design and Art of Modern Chairs, The National Museum of Art, Osaka 1981 Joined the Memphis Group, Milano Received the 2nd Japan Design Award Shiro Kuramata Designs, Aram Design Gallery, London 1986 Shiro Kuramata, Galerie Yves Gastou, Paris 1989 Shiro Kuramata, Galerie Yves Gastou, Paris 1990 Awarded French l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 1991 Sealing of Dreams, Gallery MA, Tokyo 1996 Shiro Kuramata 1934-1991, Hara Museum, Tokyo 1997–1999 Shiro Kuramata 1934-1991, World Tour (Mexico City, San Francisco, New York, Montreal, Paris, Vienna, Kyoto) 2011 Shiro Kuramata and Ettore Sottsass, 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, Tokyo 2013 Floating Design: Shiro Kuramata and His Contemporaries, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama

TAKAMATSU, Jiro 1936 Born in Tokyo (died 1998) 1954 Entered Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Painting, Oil Painting 1966 Jiro Takamatsu “Identification”, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo From Space to Environment, Matsuya Department Store Ginza, Tokyo 1967 Worked with Shiro Kuramata for the mural of Supper Club Cazador, Tokyo 1968 XXXIV Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte la Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy

Awarded ”Carlo Cardazzo” prize. 1971 Worked with Shiro Kuramata to set the enclosure during construction of Carioca Building, Tokyo 1972 Worked with Shiro Kuramata for the mural of Pub-Bar Bistro, Fukuoka 1973 XII Bienal Internacional de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brasil 1977 Documenta 6, Kassel, Germany 1978 Design and Art of Modern Chairs, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, 1996 Jiro Takamatsu at Present, Niigata City Art Museum, Niigata and Mitaka City Gallery of Art,Tokyo 1999 Jiro Takamatsu－Paintings and Drawings for “Shadow”, The National Museum of Art, Osaka 2000 Jiro Takamatsu－1970s Three-dimensional Works and Others, Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba 2003 Re-verification: Paintings of Jiro Takamatsu from his studio, Mitaka City Gallery of Art, Tokyo 2004 Jiro Takamatsu－Universe of His Thoughts, Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo, and Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Fukuoka 2005 Yokohama Triennale 2005, Art Circus, Jumping from the Ordinary, Yamashita Pier No.3 and No. 4 Warehouses, etc. in Yokohama, Kanagawa 2008 Daiwa Press Viewing Room vol. 08 3,918 drawings by Takamatsu Jiro Daiwa Press Viewing Room, Hiroshima 2009 The 5th Dazaifu Tenmangu Art Program Jiro Takamatsu / Ryudai Takano “Photograph of Photograph”and Photograph, Dazaifu Tenmangu, Fukuoka 2010 Jiro Takamatsu Shadow Paintings, McCAFFREY FINE ART, New York, U.S.A. Jiro Takamatsu Early Works, Yumiko Chiba Associates Viewing Room Shinjuku, Tokyo 2011 Jiro Takamatsu, McCAFFREY FINE ART, New York, U.S.A. Light and Shadow, Yumiko Chiba Associates Viewing Room Shinjuku, Tokyo. Jiro Takamatsu Words and Things - Refinement and Tautology - NADiff Gallery, Tokyo 2012 Jiro Takamatsu Smashing of Everything, Yumiko Chiba Associates Viewing Room Shinjuku, Tokyo Jiro Takamatsu These Seven Letters, Yumiko Chiba Associates Viewing Room Shinjuku, Tokyo 2013 Jiro Takamatsu, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London Jiro Takamatsu Perspective – Space in Two Dimensions,Yumiko Chiba Associates Viewing Room Shinjuku, Tokyo Floating Design: Shiro Kuramata and His Contemporaries, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama 2013–2014 Hi-Red Center: The Documents of “Direct Action”, Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, and The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo

FUJITSUKA, Mitsumasa

1939 Born in Tokyo 1961 Graduated from Tokyo Junior College of Photography, Joined JAPAN INTERIOR DESIGN 1965 Started as a freelance photographer 1979 ONE DAY ONE SHOW, Tokyo Designer’s Space, Tokyo 1985 Shitsunai Magazine Front Cover Exhibition, Design by Igarashi Takenobu, Matsuya Design Gallery, Tokyo 1987 FUJITSUKA Mitsumasa to Doujidai no Kenchikukatachi [Mitsumasa FUJITSUKA & Contemporary Architects], INAX Gallery 2, Tokyo Received Japan Interior Designer’s Award 1995 Sekai Fushigi Kenchiku-ten [World Mysterious Architecture Exhibition], Tokyo Designers Space, Tokyo 2009 Kuramata Shiro To be free FUJITSUKA Mitsumasa Ten, Gallery Yume no Katachi, Tokyo (FUJITSUKA took charge of curation) Mihoya Garasuten 101 nenme no Shisaku-ten [101st Anniversary Works-in-Progress for Mihoya Glass], AXIS Gallery, Tokyo 2011 Higashi Nihon Daishinsai Charity GSS Original Print Hanbai [Charity Photo Exhibition by GSS for the Great East Japan Earthquake], AXIS Gallery, Tokyo

*Magazines & Books 1961-1985 JAPAN INTERIOR DESIGN (The Text) 1979-2006 Front cover of monthly magazine Shitsunai 1986 Iji no Toshi Jutaku [Urban housing with its own way], Text by Hiroshi Nakahara 1987 Awatsuji Hiroshi Sakuhinshu [Awatsuji Hiroshi’s collection of works], Design by Ikko Tanaka 1991 Gendai no Shokunin [Artisan at the present time],Text by Osamu Ishiyama 1993 Yomihitoshirazu [Anonymous],Text by Kiko Mozuna, Design by Kan Akita 1992-1995 Kenchiku Rifuru Zen 10-kan, [Architecture riffle with 10 volumes] Text by Kengo Kuma, Design by Kan Akita 1998 PLAY STRUCTURE, Text by Mitsuru Senda 2002 Mijikana Technology [Familiar Technology],Text by FUJITSUKA 2004 Fujimori Terunobu Tokusen Bijutsukan Zanmai, [Fujimori Terunobu - Absorbed in the Choice Museums] Text by Terunobu Fujimori, Design by Katsuhiro Kinoshita 2009 21-seiki no Kenchiku Damashii [Spirit of Architecture in the 21st Century],Text by Terunobu Fujimori BRIDGE, Text by Miyoko Ohno, Design by Miya Suwa 2011 Mokuzo Kasetsu Jutakugun [Wooden Temporary Housing], Text by Sei Haganuma, Design by Kan Akita SENDAMAN 1000, Book with 1000 pages, Editing & Photography by FUJITSUKA, Text by Mitsuru Senda, Design by Kan Akita

*Exhibition Catalogue 1996 Shiro Kuramata 1934-1991, Hara Museum, Tokyo, Art Direction by Ikko Tanaka, Design by Ryohei Kojima 2000 Izumi Masatoshi’s Stone Work, Sapporo Media Park SPICA, Sapporo, Art Direction & Design by Ikko Tanaka

2002 Fujimoto Yukio, Yojigen no Dokusho [Fujimori Yukio Reading at Four Dimensions], Trans Arts Tokyo, Art Design by Yasushi Nagahara Standard, Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum, Kagawa

*Lecture 2001 Mozuna Kiko no Drawing to Kenchiku [Mozuna Kiko’s Drawing and Architecture], Kushiro Art Museum, Kushiro, Hokkaido 2002 Mozuna Kiko no Sekai [Mozuna Kiko’s World],, Tokyo Mozuna Kiko no Sakuhin [Mozuna Kiko’s Works], Japan Institute of Architects, Tokyo 2003 Anonymous Design no Tsuyosa wo miyo [Look at the strength of anonymous design], Japan Institute of Architects, Tokyo 2004 Anonymous Design, Informel Nakagawamura Museum, Nagano 2005 Akari [Light], Matsushita Electric Works, Tokyo (with Kengo Kuma and Kaoru Mende) 2007 Kusatsu ha Moukinju no Me [Aerial photography works like raptores’ eyes], Art Challenge Takigawa, Takigawa, Hokkaido 2009 21-seiki no Kenchiku Damashii [Spirit of Architecture in the 21st Century], Aoyama Book Center, Tokyo (with Terunobu Fujimori and Genpei Akasegawa) 2011 Kuramata Shiro + Sottsass, 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, Tokyo (with Yasuo Kondo and Fumio Enomoto) 2014 Yomihitoshirazu no Design [Anonymous Designs from all over the world], Toyama University, Toyama

HIRANO, Itaru

Curator of the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama from 1991. Born 1965. MA, Waseda University. Curatorial projects include: Cross and Square - Grids (1994), Matter and Perception 1970: Mono-ha and the Search for Fundamentals (1995), Jürgen Klauke - Phantomempfindung (1997), Israeli Art Today (2001), Nagasawa - Dove Tende Aurora (2009), Akira Shimizu/Tatsumi Yoshino (2012), Floating Design: Shiro Kuramata and His Contemporaries (2013). He also curated the Japanese Pavilion for Melbourne International Biennial 1999 (artist: Leiko Ikemura, Yet there is light on the horizon), and the exchange project between Danish and Japanese artists, Blind Date, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark (2002) as well as Password: a Danish/Japanese Dialogue, CCGA-Center for Contemporary Graphic Art, Fukushima (2004).

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