深瀬昌久『サスケ』
Book Design:François Dézafit 日本語組版:榊原健祐 発行:赤々舎 Size: H260mm × W185mm Page:192 pages Binding:Hardcover Published in June 2021 ISBN:978-4-86541-136-2 |
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About Book
深瀬昌久の新たなる傑作
SASUKE
Masahisa Fukase
This publication 《SASUKE》is dedicated to Masahisa Fukase's emblematic series on his two cats: Sasuke and Momoe, combining unpublished and iconic images.
World famous Japanese photographer, notably known for his cult book The Solitude of Ravens (1986), Masahisa Fukase turns in 1977 his lens towards his new companion: his cat Sasuke. Surrounded by felines since his childhood, Fukase decides with the arrival of this new kitten to make him a photographic subject in his own right. He takes it everywhere with him and, in a long-term almost experimental form, explores a new practice: "That year I took a lot of pictures crawling on my stomach to be at eye level of a cat and, in a way, that made me a cat. It was a job full of joy, taking these photos playing with what I liked, in accordance with the changes of nature." Taking advantage of this model full of life, Fukase created as usual an extraordinary photograph in its technical and visual inventiveness.
One day, Sasuke disappears and the Fukase sticks hundreds of small posters (as featured on the cover of the book) in his neighborhood. After that, he welcomes a second cat, nicknamed Momoe, who will also enter the frame: "I didn't want to photograph the most beautiful cats in the world but rather capture their charm in my lens, while reflecting me in their pupils. You could rightly say that this collection is actually a «self-portrait» for which I took the form of Sasuke and Momoe." The book is divided in 4 chapters, organizing the chronology of Fukase's life with his cats and, as often in his work, showing a form of projection of the photographer into his subject. The cat, a faithful companion who never leaves him, takes the place of his wife, eternal heartache, also represented by the iconic fleeing crows.
His cats have been the subject of several books in his lifetime and Tomo Kosuga has dug into the photographer's archives to conceive this ultimate book as the achievement of a series of publications devoted to his cats.
This book closes the series of publications devoted to his cats.
Special gifts for the first customers
Artist Information
深瀬昌久 (Masahisa Fukase)
1934年、北海道中川郡美深町に生まれる。日本大学芸術学部写真学科卒業。日本デザインセンターや河出書房新社などの勤務を経て、1968年に独立。1974年、アメリカ・MoMAで開催された歴史的な日本写真の展覧会「New Japanese Photography」への出展を皮切りに、これまで世界各国の展覧会に出展多数。1992年、不慮の事故で脳障害を負い、20年間の闘病の末、2012年没。享年78。代表作「鴉」は日本写真の金字塔として世界的に高い評価を得ている。没後に創設された深瀬昌久アーカイブスの働きにより、2017年には仏・アルル国際写真祭にて没後初の大回顧展「l'incurable égoïste」を開催。2018年、京都のKYOTOGRAPHIE にて国内初の回顧展「遊戯」を開催。また同年、蘭・Foamにて美術館初となる回顧展「Private Scenes」を開催。その開催に合わせて、深瀬がその生涯をかけて制作した作品群を編さんした写真集「Masahisa Fukase」(赤々舎より日本語版、Editions Xavier Barralより英語版及び仏語版)が刊行された。masahisafukase.com
トモ コスガ (Tomo Kosuga)
1983年、東京都新宿区生まれ。深瀬昌久アーカイブス 創設者兼ディレクター。2000年頃より深瀬の作品研究を開始。深瀬の没後、遺族からの依頼を受け、2014年に深瀬昌久アーカイブスを創設。アーカイブ活動に留まることなく、深瀬の展覧会キュレーションや出版物の編集や解説執筆を担う。アート・プロデューサーとしても各種展覧会の企画やプロデュースを手がけ、また写真表現を専門としたライターとして日本写真の現在を各種媒体に寄稿。これまでキュレーションまたは共同キュレーションに携わった展覧会として、深瀬昌久「Private Scenes」(2018年 蘭・Foam)、深瀬昌久「l'incurable égoïste」(2017年 仏・アルル国際写真祭)、深瀬昌久「救いようのないエゴイスト」(2015年 東京・Diesel Art Gallery)のほか多数。著書として「Masahisa Fukase」(赤々舎より日本語版、Editions Xavier Barralより英語版及び仏語版)がある。写真表現を考えるYouTubeチャンネル「トモコスガ言葉なき対話」にて日々発信中。www.youtube.com/tomokaflex