Biography

河口龍夫
河口龍夫Tatsuo Kawaguchi
  • 1940Born in Kobe, Japan.
  • 1962Studied at Tama University of Fine Art, Tokyo. Graduated with B.F.A.
  • 1965Organized Group “I” in Kobe.
  • 1974Awarded the First Iue Culture Prize for Art and Culture.
  • 1975-1976Dipatched by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, travelled through Europe and America for study.
  • 1983Associate Professor of Art at the University of Tsukuba, Institure of Art and Design.
  • 1991Professor of Art at the University of Tsukuba, Institure of Art and Design.
  • 1992『Tatsuo Kawaguchi Art Works』Published by Gendaikikakushitu
  • 2003Emeritus Professor of Art at the University of Tsukuba, Institure of Art and Design.
  • 2003Professor of the Graduate School of Kyoto University of Art and Design.
  • 2003Professor Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts.
  • 2008 『Tatsuo KAWAGUCHI The Invisible and The Visible』Published by Gendaikikakushitu
  • 2008Awarded the Prize of Japan Arts Foundation.
  • 2017 Winner of the 58th Mainichi Art Award

Book

  • Tatsuo Kawaguchi The Unseen and the Visible

    Year of issue: 2008

    Specifications: A4 size, 152 pages, many color illustrations
    <Contribution
    Yusuke Nakahara, Masayuki Osawa, Kazuo Yamawaki, Hitoshi Yamazaki
    <Conversation
    Tatsuo Kawaguchi & Yusuke Nakahara (art critic),
    Recorded by Tatsuo Kawaguchi & Fram Kitagawa (Art Director)

    Price: 3,675 yen (tax included)

    Publisher: Gendai Kikakushitsu

    Explanation:

    Tatsuo Kawaguchi, 1970 to the present day
    The exhibition “Tatsuo Kawaguchi: The Invisible and the Visible” was held simultaneously at the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art and the Nagoya City Art Museum in the fall of 2007. The artist says that he worked on the exhibition at each museum “as one work of art.
    This book is a collection of Tatsuo Kawaguchi’s latest works, including representative works from 1970 to 2007.

  • Relationship and Irrelevance: Tatsuo Kawaguchi’s Theory

    Year of issue: 2003

    Specifications:

    Dis Way / Binding
    Book-in-book format (paperback inserted inside the top binding)
    Size (top and bottom 310 mm, left and right 255 mm)
    48 pages of drawings, 216 pages in paperback, in a box.

    Price: 4,725 yen (tax included)

    Publisher: Gendai Kikakushitsu

    Explanation:

    Collaboration between critics and artists is realized through innovative bookmaking (book-in-book)!
    This book is a dialogue between art critic Yusuke Nakahara and contemporary artist Tatsuo Kawaguchi, whose work he has been observing for more than 30 years, and his thoughts on the artist’s work and philosophy, with new writings added from time to time.
    One critic explores the meaning of contemporary art from the 1970s to today through his relationship with one artist.
    Tatsuo Kawaguchi was actively involved in the creation of the book by drawing 29 new pieces for this book, literally creating a collaboration between a critic and an artist. The book design takes the form of a book embedded within a book and is full of unique pleasures.

  • Breathing Gaze Dialogue with the Unseen

    Year of issue: 1992

    Specifications: A4 size, 156 pages, many illustrations of works, text in both Japanese and English

    Price: 4,725 yen (tax included)

    Publisher: Gendai Kikakushitsu

    Explanation:

    This book was originally produced for the Tatsuo Kawaguchi exhibition held at the Iwaki City Museum of Art from November 21 to December 20, 1998.
    Although it is unavoidable in the case of any exhibition, we have heard the voices of those who wished to see the exhibition but were unable to do so because of the limited time period and location. The exhibition was published in 1992.

  • Collection of Tatsuo Kawaguchi’s Works (specially bound book)

    Year of issue: 1992

    Specifications: A4 size, 344 pages

    Price: 84,000 yen (tax included)

    Publisher: Gendai Kikakushitsu

    Explanation:

    In all, 630 copies of the special edition book were published.
    Each book has a rust cover (front and back) by the artist’s own hand and is signed and numbered by the artist.
    Each book stands alone as an original work and is part of the artist’s body of work.

  • Collection of Tatsuo Kawaguchi’s Works

    Year of issue: 1992

    Specifications: A4 size, 344 pages

    Price: 23,100 yen (tax included)

    Publisher: Gendai Kikakushitsu

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