- Foreword
- Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi
Kazuhiko Satani’s Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi
In 1973, at the age of 45, Kazuhiko Satani quit his job at a bank and began working at Minami Gallery, a pioneering force in contemporary art at the time. It was at this time that he began keeping a diary, and he continued almost without missing a day until he fell ill in 2008. His diary entries noted the day’s weather, people he had met and spoken with, and his thoughts, covering both public and private matters.
As an employee of Minami Gallery, Kazuhiko Satani became friendly with Shuzo Takiguchi, a man he had admired for many years. In his diary Kazuhiko unhesitatingly referred to Shuzo Takiguchi with the honorific sensei, putting him in a small group of Kazuhiko’s respected elders along with Hisashi Nakayama (art enthusiast and valued advisor whom he got to know during his days at Minami Gallery) and Ekizo Fujibayashi (Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan). In July 1981, two years after Takiguchi’s death, Kazuhiko launched a series of exhibitions in homage to Shuzo Takiguchi, which became a lifelong project. The Exhibition in Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi was held 28 times, up until 2006.
28 Exhibitions of Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi
MATERIAL GLANCE
July 8, 1981 – July 25, 1981
Venue: Satani Gallery
Artist:
Takiguchi, Shuzo / Tapies, Antoni
Homage Shuzo Takiguchi
July 7, 1982 – July 24, 1982
Venue: Satani Gallery
Artist:
Aohara, Toshiko / EIQ / Izumi, Shigeru / Kato, Tadashi / Kitagawa, Kenji / Toneyama, Kojin
The 3th Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi:
KANO mitsuo-Along with Shuzo Takiguchi
July 4, 1983 – July 23, 1983
Venue: Satani Gallery
Artist:
Kano, Mitsuo
The 4th Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi:
Katsuhiro Yamaguchi: Video Spectacle [Future Garden]
July 6, 1984 – July 28, 1984
Venue: Satani Gallery
Artist:
Yamaguchi, Katsuhiro
The 5th Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi:
Shuzo TAKIGUCHI
July 8, 1985 – July 27, 1985
Venue: Satani Gallery
Artist:
Takiguchi, Shuzo
The 6th Exhibition Homage to Shuzo TAKIGUCHI:
Shuzo Takiguchi: The Desire of the Diagram
June 3, 1986 – July 12, 1986
Venue: Satani Gallery
Artist:
Arakawa, Shusaku
The 7th Exhibition Homage to SHUZO Takiguchi:
MARCEL DUCHAMP and SHUZO TAKIGUCHI
July 1, 1987 – July 28, 1987
Venue: Satani Gallery
Artist:
Arakawa, Shusaku / Duchamp, Marcel / Johns, Jasper / MAN RAY / Villon, Jacque / Takiguchi, Shuzo / Tinguely, Jean
The 8th Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi:
Genpei AKASEGAWA TOMASON APOCALYPSE
July 4, 1988 – July 23, 1988
Venue: Satani Gallery
Artist:
Akasegawa, Genpei
The 9th Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi:
MAN RAY
July 3, 1989 – July 22, 1989
Venue: Satani Gallery
Artist:
MAN RAY
The 10th Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi:
Joan Miró & Shuzo Takiguchi
July 9, 1990 – July 28, 1990
Venue: Satani Gallery
Artist:
Miro, Joan / Takiguchi, Shuzo
The 11th Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi:
Experimental Workshop
July 8, 1991 – July 31, 1991
Venue: Satani Gallery
Artist:
Akiyama, Kuniharu / Fukushima, Hideko / Fukushima, Kazuo / Kitadai, Shozo / Komai, Tetsuro / Otsuji, Kiyoji / Sato, Keijiro / Suzuki, Hiroyoshi / Takemitsu, Toru / Yamaguchi, Katsuhiro / Yuasa, Joji
The 12th Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi:
Hideko Fukushima
July 3, 1992 – July 25, 1992
Venue: Satani Gallery
Artist:
Fukushima, Hideko
The 13h Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi:
André Breton and Shuzo Takiguchi
July 5, 1993 – July 31, 1993
Venue: Satani Gallery
Artist:
Breton, Andre / Cornell, Joseph / MAN RAY / Takiguchi, Shuzo / Roland, Francois Rene
The 14 Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi:
"ENTROPY–An Experiment of Disorder in Form"
July 4, 1994 – July 30, 1994
Venue: Satani Gallery
Artist:
Kitadai, Shozo
The 15h Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi:
Yutaka Matsuzawa
July 3, 1995 – July 29, 1995
Venue: Satani Gallery
Artist:
Matsuzawa, Yutaka
The 16h Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi:
Seven Poems
July 1, 1996 – July 27, 1996
Venue: Satani Gallery
Artist:
Dali, Salvador / Ernst, Max / Magritte, Rene / Miro, Joan / Picasso, Pablo / Man Ray / Tanguy, Yves / Takiguchi, Shuzo
The 17h Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi:
Tetsuro KOMAI
July 1, 1997 – July 31, 1997
Venue: Satani Gallery
Artist:
Komai, Tetsuro
The 18h Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi:
Kazuko Enomoto “Infinite Vision: The Octahedron” A. DÜRER “MELENCOLIA I”
July 1, 1998 – July 25, 1998
Venue: Satani Gallery
Artist:
Enomoto, Kazuko / Durer, Albrecht
The 19 Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi:
NOBUYA ABE
July 1, 1999 – July 24, 1999
Venue: Satani Gallery
Artist:
Abe, Nobuya
The 20th Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi:
Yukio Nakagawa—Dedicating Olive Trees
June 30, 2000 – July 23, 2000
Venue: THE GINZA ART SPACE
Artist:
Nakagawa, Yukio
The 21th Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi:
Tatsuo IKEDA “Drift Ashore”
July 2, 2001 – July 21, 2001
Venue: SPAN ART GALLERY
Artist:
Ikeda, Tatsuo
The 22th Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi:
Seikō Tanaka – Led by a call from the fountainhead
September 2, 2002 – September 18, 2002
Venue: Gallery Ikeda Bijutsu
Artist:
Tanaka, Seiko
The 23th Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi:
Masuo Ikeda-His Debut & Early Days
November 1, 2002 – November 21, 2002
Venue: Top Room Terada
Artist:
Ikeda, Masuo
The 24th Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi:
Junzaburo Nishiwaki and Shuzo Takiguchi
November 1, 2003 – November 16, 2003
Venue: Top Room Terada
Artist:
Nishiwaki, Junzaburo / Takiguchi, Shuzo
The 25th Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi:
Show Kazakura
May 17, 2004 – May 29, 2004
Venue: Satani Gallery
Artist:
KAZAKURA, Show
The 26th Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi:
Shuzo Takiguchi and Gallery Takemiya
July 1, 2005 – July 14, 2005
Venue: Ochanomizu Gallery
Artist:
Akino, Takumi / Enomoto, Kazuko / Fukushima, Hideko / Hotta, Misao / Ikeda, Masuo / Kitadai, Shozo / Okanoue, Toshiko / Oyamada, Jiro / Nambata, Tatsuoki / Sugihara, Kiyoshi / Takiguchi, Shuzo / Toneyama, Kojin / Tsuruoka, Masao / Urushibara, Hideko / Yamaguchi, Katsuhiro
The 27th Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi:
Yoshiko Hirasawa
November 4, 2005 – December 17, 2005
Venue: Fuji TV Gallery
Artist:
Hirasawa, Yoshiko
The 28th Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi:
Kiyoji Otsuji
October 27, 2006 – November 18, 2006
Venue: PAST RAYS
Artist:
Otsuji, Kiyoji