the Second
GOCHO Shigeo
2013 12.3 (Tue) - 28(Sat)
12:00-19:00/Tue-Fri 12:00-17:00/Sat closed on Sun and Mon
The Third Gallery Aya is pleased to announce a solo show titled “the Second” by Gocho Shigeo.
It is the first exhibition of Gocho’s works at our gallery in 12 years.The first exhibition titled “Self and Others” was held at our gallery in 2001 in conjunction with his documentary film by the director Saito Makoto.
Gocho Shigeo (1946-1983) produced three photography compilations, “Days,” “Self and Others,” and “Familiar Street Scenes,” as well as one art book during his short lifetime.
We believe these pictures transcend time and filled with what at first seems to be a plain quality. His works conveys the power of human existence.
For the 30th anniversary of Gocho’s death this year, both a new edition of “Familiar Street Scenes” and “Children,” a new compilation of Gocho’s works, will be published. To celebrate the release of these books, we chose some works from all of his photography series. The show was first held in Tokyo earlier this year and different selection will now be presented in Osaka.
Gocho Shigeo
Outline
| 1946 | Born in November 2, in Kamo, Niigata Prefecture |
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| 1949 | Diagnosed as having a spinal caries |
| 1968 | Graduates from Kuwasawa Design School(Tokyo) |
| 1976 | Begins teaching photography at Nippon Engineering College and at Tokyo University of Art and Design |
| 1978 | Received New Talent Award from Photographic Society of Japan for Self and Others |
| 1983 | June 2, dies of heart failure in Kamo |
Selected Solo Exhibition
| 2023 | Shigeo Gocho Exhibition: The Proof of "Living". Itami City Museum of Art, History and Culture, Itami, Japan |
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| 2022 | For the First Time, Gocho Shigeo. Hobo Nichiyoubi (Shibuya PARCO 8F), Tokyo, Japan |
| 2016 | There was a Photographer, Gocho Shigeo. 1946-1983. FUJIFILM SQUARE Photo History Museum, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2014 | Collection III Gotho Shigeo: I, the Other. Niigata City Art Museum, Niigata, Japan |
| 2013 | Gocho Shigeo - the second. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka Shigeo Gocho Part 2 KODOMO – children-. MEM, Tokyo Shigeo Gocho Part 1 Familiar Street Scenes. MEM, Tokyo |
| 2004 | Gocho Shigeo 1946-1983. Niigata City Art Museum, Niigata, Japan; traveled to Yamagata Art Museum, Yamagata, Japan; Mitaka City Gallery of Art, Tokyo, Japan. |
| 2003 | Gocho Shigeo:- A Retrospective. The Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Gocho Shigeo. Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Niigata; traveled to Yamagata Art Museum, Yamagata; Mitaka City Arts Foundation, Tokyo |
| 2002 | Gocho Shigeo(1). Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum, Yamaguchi Gocho Shigeo(2). Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum, Yamaguchi |
| 2001 | Self and Others. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka |
| 2000 | Gocho Shigeo. Niigataeya, Niigata |
| 1996 | Gocho Shigeo. 4chome Plaza 7F4 Pula Hall, Sapporo |
| 1995 | Self and Others:-Another Gesture. Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Niigata |
| 1994 | Gocho Shigeo. Gallery ississ, Kyoto Gocho Shigeo:- Self and Others. Gallery Wall, Kotaru, Hokkaido |
| 1992 | The Photographs of Gocho Shigeo. Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum, Yamaguchi Gocho Shigeo. Photo Gallery Mole, Tokyo Gocho Shigeo:- Memory of Water. Tokyo Design Center, Tokyo Gocho Shigeo's Posthumous Works. Kamo Cultural Hall, Niigata |
| 1989 | The Childhood. Gallery Frog1, Tokyo |
| 1982 | Familiar Street Scenes. Minolta Photo Space Shinjuku, Tokyo Familiar Street Scenes. Minolta Photo Space Osaka, Osaka |
| 1978 | Self and Others. Minolta Photo Space Osaka, Osaka Gocho Shigeo. Kamo Credit Union small Hall, Niigata |
| 1977 | Self and Others:-Another Gesture. Minolta Photo Space Shinjuku, Tokyo |
| 1975 | Fairy of the Darkness. Yoseido Gallery, Tokyo |
Selected Group Exhibition
| 2023 | The Spirit of Avant-Garde Photography: Transforming "Nothing Much" TAKIGUCHI Shuzo, ABE Nobuya, OTSUJI Kiyoji, GOCHO Shigeo. Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan; traveled to Toyama Prefectual Museum of Art and Design, Toyama, Japan; Niigata City Art Museum, Niigata, Japan; The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan. |
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| 2013 | 1968:-Japanese Photography. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo |
| 2012 | What Can We Leave for the future with Photography?. Sakyukan, Niigata |
| 2004 | The Prefectural Heritage of Beauty of Niigata Prefecture:-The History of collections of the Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art. Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Niigata |
| 2003 | The History of Japanese Photography. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
| 2002 | The Unfinished Century: Legacies of 20th Century Art. The Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo |
| 2001 | Gocho Shigeo and Miura Kazuto Photo Exhibition:-Ripples and Resonance-the Influence of Self and Others. Studio Ebisu Photo Gallery, Tokyo; traveled to Sendai Mediatheque, Sendai; Hakodate Photo Library, Hakodate |
| 1999 | Otsuji Kiyoji and 15 Photographers. Giacomo Manzu Museum, Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo Gocho Shigeo and Sekiguchi Masao Photo Exhibition:- Days and Things/1994-1999. Photo Gallery Mole, Tokyo |
| 1998 | Tokyo Photography- Kuwahara Kineo and Gocho Shigeo. Gallery 1 (Shinjuku Park Tower), Tokyo Memory and Creative Perspective Post-War 50 years:-The History of Japanese Contemporary Photography. Umeda Navio Museum, Osaka |
| 1992 | What did Photography Convey? 1960-1980. Konica Plaza, Tokyo |
| 1990 | Tokyo A City Perspective. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo |
| 1989 | The people from 1965-1975:-Has Japanese Photography Changed?. Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum, Yamaguchi |
| 1985 | An Illustrated Book of Tokyo People. Ikebukuro Seibu Art Forum, Tokyo |
| 1986 | Tokyo A Paris Photo Exhibtion:-Part II: The Museum of Tokyo People. City Hall Gallery of 9e Arrondisse de Paris, Paris |
| 1977 | 11 Italian Photographers and 11 Japanese Photographers:- Eyes, Cameras and Reality. Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Italy |
| 1969 | Photography 13 People:-Veiws-All Day and All Night. Nikon Salon Ginza, Tokyo |
Publications
| 2022 | Shigeo Gocho: Works. Kyoto: Akaaka Publishing |
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| 2013 | Children. Tokyo: Hakusuisha Familiar Street Scenes. Yagisha |
| 1995 | Childhood. Tokyo: Mole |
| 1981 | Familiar Street Scenes. Self Publishing |
| 1977 | Self and Others. Hakuakan |
| 1971 | Days. Self Publishing |