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G foundation collection #004 Shuzo Azuchi Gulliver : Body contract
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Shuzo Azuchi Gulliver
G foundation Tokyo is pleased to present the exhibition “Shuzo Azuchi Gulliver: Body Contract” starting from May 17.
The Foundation has acquired Shuzo Azuchi Gulliver’s most important work, “Body Contract”.
In this project, which began in 1973, the artist divided his body into 80 parts after his death and entrusted the custody of each part to 80 people who signed a contract with him. As a part of the project, in 1984, he organized an one-night banquet at the Sagacho exibit space, inviting 39 custodians and 2 executors who had already signed a contract with the artist. Including such a notable custodian as Shuji Terayama. After the night, the banquet table was exhibited as an installation work, with cigarette butts, empty wine bottles, glasses, coffee cups, and other items left as they were.
In this exhibition, the installation will be reproduced as it was in its original state, including its detailed arrangement.
After Sagacho, two versions of this installation were exhibited with edited contents, but the Foundation decided to collect the originals and asked the artist to find the items from that time and recreate them in detail, including their layout, and now present them to the public in the form of “The Body Contract: Sagacho Version”.
The boxes of paper, documents, wine and beer bottles, and other items scattered on the table give visitors a realistic sense of what was going on at the time of the exhibition. We will also hold a public contracting ceremony at the opening reception on May 17.
Mr. Oishi of the Foundation will sign a new contract with the artist to preserve his body after his death. The contract will be signed in public. The paper will be added to the exhibition as a part of the art work.
On the same days, an art event “Kunitachi Shashin-kan,” will be held by five galleries around Kunitachi City.
The Foundation will exhibit “Watch (1966-67)”. This is a 20-minute video work featuring a clock, which will be exhibited at the same time as the clock in the work (i.e., only twice a day). This work, “Watch,” was shown in the group exhibition “in the shadow of Pop” at the Tate Modern in 2016, and is also in the collection of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.
The Foundation has acquired Shuzo Azuchi Gulliver’s most important work, “Body Contract”.
In this project, which began in 1973, the artist divided his body into 80 parts after his death and entrusted the custody of each part to 80 people who signed a contract with him. As a part of the project, in 1984, he organized an one-night banquet at the Sagacho exibit space, inviting 39 custodians and 2 executors who had already signed a contract with the artist. Including such a notable custodian as Shuji Terayama. After the night, the banquet table was exhibited as an installation work, with cigarette butts, empty wine bottles, glasses, coffee cups, and other items left as they were.
In this exhibition, the installation will be reproduced as it was in its original state, including its detailed arrangement.
After Sagacho, two versions of this installation were exhibited with edited contents, but the Foundation decided to collect the originals and asked the artist to find the items from that time and recreate them in detail, including their layout, and now present them to the public in the form of “The Body Contract: Sagacho Version”.
The boxes of paper, documents, wine and beer bottles, and other items scattered on the table give visitors a realistic sense of what was going on at the time of the exhibition. We will also hold a public contracting ceremony at the opening reception on May 17.
Mr. Oishi of the Foundation will sign a new contract with the artist to preserve his body after his death. The contract will be signed in public. The paper will be added to the exhibition as a part of the art work.
On the same days, an art event “Kunitachi Shashin-kan,” will be held by five galleries around Kunitachi City.
The Foundation will exhibit “Watch (1966-67)”. This is a 20-minute video work featuring a clock, which will be exhibited at the same time as the clock in the work (i.e., only twice a day). This work, “Watch,” was shown in the group exhibition “in the shadow of Pop” at the Tate Modern in 2016, and is also in the collection of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.
Schedule | May 17 (Sat) 2025-Sep 30 (Tue) 2025 Reservation RequiredOpening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://gfoundation.info/745/ | ||||
| Venue | G Foundation Collection Tokyo https://gfoundation.info/ | ||||
| Location | 2-11-51 Nishi, Kunitachi-shi, Tokyo 186-0005 | ||||
| Access | 15 minute walk from the South exit of Kunitachi Station on the JR Chuo line. | ||||
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