Kubikukuri Takuzou, or "Hangman Takuzo" in English, was born in Gunma Prefecture, Japan in 1947. He has been practising performance art after moving to Tokyo at the age of 18 and began performing "Kubikukuri" in the 1970s, where he hung himself every day in his backyard (which the artist called 庭劇場 or The Niwa Gekijo Theater in English) for over 20 years since he was 50 years old. Kubikukuri Takuzou died from lung cancer in March 2018. —excerpted and translated from Bijutsu Techo's website
This book presents photographs of Kubikukuri Takuzou's performances taken by Ryuji Miyamoto. It includes an essay by Kazuhiro Nagai titled 'Into Action at 8 PM', and Kubikukuri Takuzou's biography.
Onsite
English,
Japanese
2018
107
9784902736458
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artist monograph,
photobook
Kubikukuri Takuzou: Ryuji Miyamoto, 首くくり栲象: 宮本隆司
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