EUGENE STUDIO / Eugene Kangawa

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Catalog: Eugene i, ii, iii

EUGENE STUDIO / Eugene Kangawa has published three new catalogs.
One catalog features an abundant collection of photographs from Goldrain, capturing various angles, moments, and locations. Another catalog presents Rainbow Painting in sizes close to the original. The third catalog showcases monochrome and verdant works from the Light and shadow inside me series. Each catalog includes images of the studio, as well as the surrounding landscapes. These catalogs were published in conjunction with the exhibition EUGENE STUDIO / Eugene Kangawa: The Power of Imagination Part 1/3 at MAKI Gallery. For more details, please refer to the information below.

Year of publication: July 2023 / 260 × 191 × 78 mm / Hardcover with silver foil hot-stamped box / i 208 pages, ii 214 pages, iii 128 pages / English, Japanese / List price: ¥18,700 (tax included)

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EUGENE iii Goldrain

This book contains Kangawa’s signature sculptural work, Goldrain. The book includes dozens of richly illustrated photographs taken at various angles and times of Goldrain, which never looks the same, not even for a moment. It also includes some words that Kangawa had in mind when he conceived of Goldrain.

Year of publication: June 2023 / 252 × 182 mm / Hardcover / 128 pages / English, Japanese / List price: ¥3,960 (tax included)

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EUGENE ii Rainbow & White (tentative)

This book includes the Rainbow Painting series and the White Painting series. In addition to dialogues and discussions, the book includes multiple pages of near full-size, detailed brushstrokes of the Rainbow Paintings, creating a sense of immersion similar to that of the works. The book also includes a conversation between Kangawa and MAKI Gallery representative Masahiro Maki about the work, as well as a reprint of an essay by American critic David Gears, who contributes to October and Frieze magazines.

Year of publication: June 2023 / 252 × 182 mm / Hardcover / 128 pages / English, Japanese / List price: ¥3,960 (tax included)

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EUGENE i Image/imagine 想像 & Light and shadow inside me

This book includes a dialogue about 想像 Image/Imagine and excerpts of the artist’s words, as well as rich monochrome and green illustrations of Kangawa’s representative two-dimensional series Light and shadow inside me and scenery from around his atelier.

Year of publication: June 2023 / 252 × 182 mm / Hardcover / 128 pages / English, Japanese / List price: ¥3,960 (tax included)

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Catalog: EUGENE STUDIO After the rainbow
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2021

Official catalog for the EUGENE STUDIO After the rainbow, a solo exhibition at the Museum of Art Tokyo. The EUGENE STUDIO by acclaimed contemporary artist Eugene Kangawa is the first Heisei-born artist to have a solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. The substantial artist book further explores the depths of the multifaceted world of his genre-defying works through a conversation with biologist Shinichi Fukuoka and an essay by American art critic David Geers, who has contributed to October (journal) and Frieze (magazine).
Publisher: torch press, Hardcover book binding, 220 pages, B5 Modified / Price: $33.44 (+tax) (Sold out)

Installation view
EUGENE STUDIO After the rainbow
at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

Catalog: special edition 1/2 Century later. Shiseido Gallery, 2017

In this book, THE EUGENE Studio 1/2 Century later., includes several contents as below; descriptions of White Painting series (2017–), Beyond good and evil, make way toward the wasteland. (2017), six discussions/essays about this exhibition and the artist, and photography of the artworks. The pages are detachable so that to display each page.
Three parts boxed in, 234 pages, 455 × 305 mm (Sold out)

Official booklet | by Bijutsu Techo and Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

The EUGENE STUDIO After the rainbow guidebook is now available to amplify our understanding of this exhibition and the EUGENE STUDIO. In addition to scenes from the production site and a long interview with Eugene Kangawa, the guidebook also includes a conversation with Dai Tamesue, who discusses the similarities between art and sports from the perspective of an athlete and an artist, and a conversation with architect Tsuyoshi Tane, which was held when he presented Shikkoku-Noh (The National Art Center, Tokyo) in 2019.
Available at the museum store in the museum.
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (supervisor), Bijutsu Techo editorial department (editor), sold out.