{"id":1225,"date":"2024-08-08T22:40:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T13:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.live-art-books.jp\/lag\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2026-02-05T18:37:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T09:37:27","slug":"decorator-crab_en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.live-art-books.jp\/lag\/exhibition\/en\/decorator-crab_en\/","title":{"rendered":"Iikawa Takehiro Exhibition \u201cDecorator Crab \u2013 Expanded Work\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PAST EXHIBITION<\/p>\n

Iikawa Takehiro Exhibition \u201cDecorator Crab – Expanded Work\u201d<\/h1>\n

August 9 Friday, 2024 – August 31 Saturday, 2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Title : Iikawa Takehiro \u201cExpanded Work\u201d
\nPeriod : August 9 Friday, 2024 – August 31 Saturday, 2024
\n*Closed : Sundays, Mondays, Holidays
\nClosed for summer recess\uff1aAugust 13 Tuesday – August 15 Thursday
\nOpening Reception \uff1aAugust 9 Friday, 18:00 – 20:00
\nOpening hours\uff1a13:00 – 19:00
\nVenue\uff1aLAG\uff08LIVE ART GALLERY\uff09\/ 2-4-11 1F Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0001\n<\/p>\n

Exhibition Cooperation\uff1aSendai Mediatheque\uff0fAKAAKAsha\uff0fTokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery\uff0fTottori Prefectural Museum\uff0fTakamatsu Art Museum\uff0fCAPSULE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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LAG (LIVE ART GALLERY) is pleased to announce the exhibition \u201cDecorator Crab – Expanded Work\u201d from Friday, August 9, 2024, to Saturday, August 31, 2024, to celebrate the publication of Iikawa Takehiro\u2019s first book, Decorator Crab, which is printed by Live Art Books, and published by AKAAKAsha and Sendai Mediatheque.
\nThis book, Decorator Crab, introduces the series of Decorator Crab, a project Iikawa began in 2007, as well as the history of a plan installing of his 26 meters work Mr. Kobayashi the Pink Cat in Nishi Park, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, which was conceived with Sendai Mediatheque however regrettably unrealized. This exhibition introduces a wide range of his activities, including the body parts of Mr. Kobayashi the Pink Cat, previously exhibited in Namiki, Kanazawa Ward, Yokohama City, plan drawings of successive generations, documentary videos depicting the project process, and unpublished series that did not make it into the book of works. Please come and join us for the exhibition.\n<\/p>\n

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Artist Quote from the book Decorator Crab<\/p>\n

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TALK EVENT<\/h2>\n

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Date\uff1a August 17 Saturday 15:00 – 17:00\uff08Start accepting 14:30\uff09
\nVenue\uff1a LAG\uff08LIVE ART GALLERY\uff09
\nPresenters\uff1a Iikawa Takehiro\uff08Artist\uff09
\nKimura Eriko\uff08Director at Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art\uff09
\nKai Kenji\uff08Artistic Director at Sendai Mediatheque\uff09<\/p>\n

*Limited number of participants (Reservation required\uff09
\n Entrance fee\uff1a1,000JPY The maximum allowed : 40<\/p>\n

For those who purchased the book Decorator Crab by Iikawa Takehiro at the venue, Or if you bring your own, admission is free. Reservation from here\uff1ahttps:\/\/forms.gle\/8qwQFe6J3RTmbRWv9<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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BOOKS<\/h2>\n

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Decorator Crab : Iikawa Takehiro<\/h3>\n

Price\uff1a5,500JPY (Including tax)
\nDesign\uff1aTakami Kiyoshi\uff08view from above\uff09
\nEdit\uff1aSendai Mediatheque, Uchida Shinichi
\nBook size\uff1aH303mm \u00d7W225mm\uff5c218pages\uff5c
\nCase bind \uff5cJapanese and English<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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During the exhibition, special original items(Such as T-shirts and tote bags) made for the exhibition are available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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EVENT\uff5c<\/h2>\n

Collaboration project<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDecorator Crab-Make Space, Use Space\u201d<\/h3>\n

In this artwork, visitors are asked to carry out bags put in the exhibition with their own hands and carry them to whichever other exhibitions of Iikawa are being held at the same time.
\n*If you would like to participate, please let the venue staff know.<\/p>\n

Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery \u201cImagine the unseen everyday\u201d<\/b>
\nJune 15 Saturday – September 1 Sunday, 2024
\nClosed\uff1aMondays (Open on July 15 and August 12) July 16, August 13,<\/p>\n

https:\/\/inclusion-art.jp\/archive\/exhibition\/2024\/20240615-246.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tottori Prefectural Museum \u201cWhat\u2019s ART?\u201d<\/b>
\nJune 29 Saturday – August 25 Sunday, 2024
\nClosed\uff1aJuly 29 Monday<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.pref.tottori.lg.jp\/316732.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

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Takamatsu Art Museum\u3000Branch Gallery \u201cDecorator Crab-shop\u201d<\/b>
\nJune 18 Tuesday – July 21 Sunday,2024<\/s>
\n*The exhibition period has ended, but you can borrow and return the works until Sunday, August 25, and return them until Sun-day, September 22.
\nClosed\uff1aMondays (Except when Monday falls on a holiday, in which case the museum is open and closed the following day)<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.city.takamatsu.kagawa.jp\/museum\/takamatsu\/event\/hukyuutest\/ev_2024\/events_2024\/ev_20240618.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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CAPSULE\u201cDecorator Crab-New Display\u201d<\/b>
\n June 1 Saturday – July 7 Sunday, 2024 <\/s>
\n**With the end of the exhibition period, we no longer accept borrows and returns.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.capsule-gallery.jp\/exhibition\/index.php?itemid=77<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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PROFILE\uff5c<\/h2>\n

Artist Profile<\/p>\n

 
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Takehiro Iikawa<\/b><\/p>\n

Born in 1981 in Hyogo Prefecture. Based in Kobe. He graduated from the Seian University of Art Design, Department of Media Design, Video and Film Course. In 2007, he began creating his keywork, the \u201cDecorator Crab\u201d series. He creates works that develop while triggering the viewer\u2019s minds, such as \u201cExpecting Spectators,\u201d in which objects and spaces transformed by the viewer\u2019s active involvement in his artworks are connections to events co-occurring in other places, and \u201cMr. Kobayashi the Pink Cat\u201d a gigantic work that cannot be viewed its whole picture. https:\/\/takehiroiikawa.tumblr.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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