Akasegawa Genpei was a pseudonym of Japanese artist Akasegawa Katsuhiko (赤瀬川克彦), born March 27, 1937 in Yokohama. He used another pseudonym, Otsuji Katsuhiko (尾辻克彦), for literary works. A member of the influential artist groups Neo-Dada Organizers and Hi-Red Center, Akasegawa went on to maintain a multi-disciplinary practice throughout his career as an individual artist. In 1986, Akasegawa and his collaborators, Terunobu Fujimori and Shinbo Minami, to announce the formation of a new group: Street Observation Society; In 1994, the Leica Alliance with contemporary artist Akiyama Yūtokutaishi and photographer Takanashi Yutaka; and in 1996, the Japan Art Support Group with art researcher Yamashita Yuji. He has had retrospective exhibitions at the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Chiba City Museum, and Oita City Museum. His work is in the permanent collection at Museum of Modern Art in New York. Artist Nam June Paik has described Akasegawa as “one of those unexportable geniuses of Japan.” He pass away on October 26, 2014, at the age of 77.
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Akasegawa Genpei
赤瀬川原平
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He majored in Korean literature and photography. He has held photography exhibitions including Black Light , Distant Mountain , Seasons , and Every Little Step . He has translated several works by Leonard Koren into Korean, including Wabi-Sabi: Just Here , This Is Not Zen: Gardens of Pebbles and Sand , What Artists Are , and Wabi-Sabi: Simply Like This .
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Choi Sung-min
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Studio 3
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Park ji-hee
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Kim Nan-Ju
Graduated from Kyung Hee University’s Department of Korean Language and Literature, and received a master’s degree in modern Japanese literature from Showa Women’s University in Japan. Currently working as a translator specializing in Japanese literature. Books she has translated include Between Coolness and Passion: Rosso , Kitchen , The Doctor’s Beloved Formulas , The Tale of Genji , I Am a Cat , Voyage Through Stars , The Newcomer , etc. -
Kim Hee-young
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