This is a Book. hardcover, first edition, printed silkscreen, metallic ink on paper,19.0 \u00d7 13.5 \u00d7 2.2 cm Experimental Printing Company Pata Pata, 1970 by Etsutomu Kashihara, in fine original red dustjact with a VG clear plastic outer wrap, edition of 100 copies. [d4 rbr] <\/p>\n
“THIS IS A BOOK” (\u3053\u308c\u306f\u672c\u3067\u3042\u308b) is a significant 1970 conceptual art piece and book by Japanese artist Etsutomu Kashihara (\u67cf\u539f\u3048\u3064\u3068\u3080, born 1941). Often described as silkscreen on paper or an artist’s book, it challenges the definition of a book as merely an information medium, presenting it instead as a material, structural, and artistic object.<\/p>\n
Etsutomu Kashihara, an artist on the periphery of the “Mono-ha” art group that emerged in Japan in the late 1960s to early 1970s, who called himself a “conceptualist.” The first edition was published in 1970 with only 100 copies. This book is like a thought experiment, exploring its identity through words and visuals to prove that it is a book. While it is a book, it is also a conceptual work by Kashihara in the form of a book.<\/p>\n
Etsutomo Kashihara was born in 1941 in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, and graduated from the Painting Department of Tama Art University in 1965. He studied under Yoshishige Saito and participated in exhibitions such as the “Tricks and Vision (Stolen Eyes)” exhibition organized by Yusuke Nakahara and Junzo Ishiko in 1968 (Tokyo Gallery and Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo) and the S\u00e3o Paulo Biennial in 1973. His notable works include the “Silencer” series (1967-68), which deals with perspective issues, “What is Mr. X?” (1968-69) collaborated with Hiroo Koizumi and Kinzo Maekawa, and “Monroe’s Method” (1973), featuring Marilyn Monroe’s portrait as a motif.<\/p>\n
Kashihara’s activities span exhibition reviews and book illustrations, with major solo exhibitions including “The Deconstruction of ‘Me’: The Case of Etsutomo Kashiwabara” (National Museum of Art, 2012). His works are held in collections including the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, the National Museum of Art, Osaka, and the Takamatsu City Museum of Art.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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