IKIRO - Be Alive
Takahiro Suzuki

 


鈴木貴博 - 生きろプロジェクト
© Takahiro Suzuki

Art Work

core

Core

1991 / Hyogo, Japan /Steel / 200cmx420cmx180cm



brain reform

Brain Reform

1991 / Gallery Gen, Tokyo, Japan / 500cmx400cmx270cm / Styrene Foam, FRP Pate, etc.

Takahiro likes simple expressions. Simple could be very complicated sometimes. He thinks common senses are not always true. If you doubt something, everything could not be absolute in this world.


over spilt milk

Over Spilt Milk

1992 / Gallery Gen, Tokyo, Japan / 500cmx400cmx270cm / Steel, Wood, Cement, Plaster, FRP Pate, etc. / Photo by Yasunori Tanioka

Takahiro took the idea of this installation from the proverb "it is no use crying over spilt milk". This is one of his favorite proverbs. It has been giving positive thinking to him when he faces difficulty. In this period Takahiro tried many kinds of techniques he had acquired from part-time jobs.


metal sky

Metal Sky

1992 / Gallery Gen, Tokyo, Japan / 500cmx400cmx270cm / Crushed Cans, Steel, Wood, etc. / Photo by Yasunori Tanioka

Takahiro made a stuffy dark room in the gallery. When people entered the room they couldn't see anything and few minutes later their eyes would get used to the darkness. The photo above was taken with extra lights to show details. The impression of the dark room was hopeless, but there was a crack in the ceiling which people could feel blue sky over.


seed for moon

Seed for Moon
1993 / Soil, Light, Steel, Plastic / 110cmx200cmx75cm


miraijin

Miraijin - Future Being

2011 / Nishinomiya Hankyu Department Store,
in Nishinomiya Gardens, Hyogo, Japan

The title of this work is "Future Being IKIRO". Takahiro made them with Honda Plastic Art Company in Osaka. If you stand on the table and take hands of them, the table will turn around and lights will come on

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Performance

one

One

1991 / "Room for thinking of Beuys" / Watarium, Tokyo, Japan / Soil, Steel, Aluminium, The Artist, etc.

Takahiro was much inspired by Joseph Beuys. There was an opportunity to put his artwork in Beuys's exhibition in Tokyo, and Takahiro was chosen as a one of the artists who applied. He put the metal box in the space and tried sleeping for 8 hours a day for one week. He wanted to use his body unconsciously in his work. Rudolf Steiner inspired Joseph Beuys. In the book Takahiro read Rudolf Steiner said when a human being slept it would be similar to a plant.


india

Made in India

1993 / Pushkar, India / Balloon, The Artist

Takahiro wanted to have a distance from art and Tokyo to reconsider his life. He took a trip to India. In the holy town Pushkar, he performed with balloons on his head. He painted himself white and wore a white costume and hung around the town. Indians were interested in his look and took him from place to place. At the end Takahiro was painted with Indian traditional color powder, and he danced in front of an audience with Indian music. This experience gave Takahiro a new way to enjoy his life. He got positive energy in India and it would help him to go to the next step of art.


yellow

Red Yellow Orange and Black

1994 / Gallery Gen, Tokyo, Japan / 500cmx400cmx270cm / Refrigerator, FRP Pate, etc. / Photo by Yasunori Tanioka

Takahiro put his head into a refrigerator in the gallery. It stands for the bighead of human beings. We sometimes need to cool down to reflect on ourselves quietly. 
In this time Takahiro had already moved to New York from Tokyo to distance himself from art in Japan. So this exhibition was like a last spark of his Tokyo period for him. In this exhibition the installations were changed everyday for 2 weeks, and Takahiro was somewhere as a part of his installation each day.


reincarnation

Reincarnation

1995 / NW house, Tokyo, Japan / 500cmx500cmx270cm / Paper Mulberry, Steel, Fabric, Wax, Japanese Lacquer, etc. / Photo by Yasunori Tanioka

The title of this work is "Reincarnation". Takahiro wanted to express life has both a deep aspect and an easygoing aspect. There was a basketball painted in Japanese lacquer on the floor and the writings of IKIRO covered all over the room. There was  American pop music playing in the room. The work had a balance of a serious side and a funny side.


evolition

Garbage Evolution

2003 / Yodo River side Park, Higashi Yodogawa Osaka, Japan / 600cmx70cmx180cm / Recycled Material, The Artist

This exhibition was organized by a city government office, against the unlawful dumping of garbage. Takahiro made statues of apes and installed them with plastic bags along the river. He stood in the position like the above photo, and sometimes the audience stood instead of him to get a photo taken. The material of the statues was the garbage he collected.


鈴木貴博 - 生きろプロジェクト
© Takahiro Suzuki

Polaris Entrance Station

Takahiro Suzuki work

Takahiro Suzuki work

Polaris Entrance Station 「北極星入口駅」

2013 - Permanent Work
Mt. Myouken Nose Kawanishi Hyogo, Japan

This art work is made for "Nose Electric Railroad Company 100 Anniversary Project".
Takahiro and Nose Electric Railroad Company will make a station called Polaris Entrance Station / Hokkyokusei Iriguchi Eki on Myouken Mount .
This railway will connect Myouken Mount and Polaris like a galaxy railway.
The origin of the word Myoken comes from Polaris or the Big Dipper.
This work will be a permanent work.

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© Takahiro Suzuki

Egg & Tusk, Footprint

egg

footprint

<Hatutani Valley Rest Area Project>
~Where did we come from and where are we going?~
〜我々はどこから来てどこへ向かっているのか?〜

2013 - Permanent Work / Osaka, Japan

This space was born for that people feel the history of this star and imagine of the future the murmur of a stream in the forest. You can sit on each art piece as a bench.

"Footprint"
Leave traces of "human existence" “Footprint”in this world where various things keep changing with the times.

"Egg and Tusk"
There is a history that various things were born, flourished and declined on the earth. "Egg" & ”Tusk" express the symbols of repeating “Life" & “Death".

Project: Yoshikawa Self-Governing Association
Artist: Takahiro Suzuki
Cooperation: 
Toyono-cho Osaka prefecture 
Ikeda civil engineering office 
Nose Railway Company
Special cooperation: 
Takayuki Tomoi (Art Line 2017 Art Producer)
And his colleagues, and volunteers who agree with this project
Management · Administration: 
Yoshikawa Self-Governing Association (Green Area Organization)
This project is supported by the Osaka Museum Fund.
Location: Hatsutani River (Mt.Myoken Hiking Hatsutanigawa Course)
Access: 30 - 40 minutes on foot from Noseden Myukenguchi Station. There is a flyer at the tourist information center in front of the station,Yoshikawa Self-Governing Association.


鈴木貴博 - 生きろプロジェクト
© Takahiro Suzuki