“Walking: To Draw the World” consists of Keijiro Suga’s poetry, Ai Sasaki’s drawings and a display of books based on the theme of ‘books for walking, reading and thinking’. Inspired by the words of Suga, a poet, Sasaki’s drawings are created conjunctively, as though to huddle together with Suga’s poetry. They are made through a varied selection of materials including colored pencil, pastel and colored inks, and each has varied expressions. Slowly walking through the gallery, the experience of being transfixed between the imaginative scenes that the poetry invites as well as the time spent speculating about the drawings will no doubt conjure a new facet to the act of walking within the viewer.
    The “Walking” project began in 2009 at Gallery Zero in Ikuta Library, Meiji University and was further developed by Keijiro Suga (b.1958) and Ai Sasaki (b.1976, Osaka). The project was exhibited at the Glass Pyramid of Moerenuma Park (Hokkaido), and continues today.

* The text provided by TAKA ISHII GALLERY.

Period: November 11 - December 24, 2011
open on Sunday 13 November on this occasion, and will alternatively close on Tuesday 15 November.
Venue: TAKA ISHII GALLERY (KYOTO)
Opening reception: Friday, November 11, 18:00 - 20:00
(Keijiro Suga’s reading: 19:00 at the venue during the private view)