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Kiyoshi Suzuki "Hundred Steps and Thousand Stories"
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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Kiyoshi Suzuki
Kiyoshi Suzuki (1943–2000) is known as a photographer who never ceased exploring, in his own unique style, the possibilities of the photography book. Over his thirty-year career starting at the end of the 1960s, Suzuki compiled eight books, many of which were designed and bound by the photographer himself.
Suzuki was a book lover and often drew inspiration for his photography from his favorite books. Using motifs such as places related to his origins growing up in a coal town, contemporary society and literary works, Suzuki created a multilayered world where reality, dreams and remembrance intersected with each other.
In addition to presenting pieces taken from his eight photo books including Soul and Soul (1972), Mind Games (1982) and S Street Shuffle (1988), this exhibition tries to obtain an overall picture of the world of Suzuki’s photography by illustrating the handwork-based creation process unique to Suzuki with dummy books and hand-drawn plans for his solo shows.
[Image: Kiyoshi Suzuki, from the series “Mind Games" (1982)]
Suzuki was a book lover and often drew inspiration for his photography from his favorite books. Using motifs such as places related to his origins growing up in a coal town, contemporary society and literary works, Suzuki created a multilayered world where reality, dreams and remembrance intersected with each other.
In addition to presenting pieces taken from his eight photo books including Soul and Soul (1972), Mind Games (1982) and S Street Shuffle (1988), this exhibition tries to obtain an overall picture of the world of Suzuki’s photography by illustrating the handwork-based creation process unique to Suzuki with dummy books and hand-drawn plans for his solo shows.
[Image: Kiyoshi Suzuki, from the series “Mind Games" (1982)]
Schedule | Oct 29 (Fri) 2010-Dec 19 (Sun) 2010 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free entry on November 3rd (Wed), 7th (Sun) and December 5th (Sun) | ||||
| Venue | The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo http://www.momat.go.jp/english  | ||||
| Location | 3-1 Kitanomaru Koen, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8322 | ||||
| Access | 3 minute walk from exit 1b at Takebashi Station on the Tozai line. 5 minute walk from exit 4 at Kudanshita Station on the Hanzomon and Tozai lines or Toei Shinjuku line. 15 minute walk from exit A1 at Jimbocho Station on the Toei Shinjuku and Mita lines or Hanzomon line. | ||||
| Phone | 050-5541-8600 (Hello Dial) | ||||
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