Venue LOGOS GALLERY Logos Gallery Shibuya Parco Part 1/B1 Period 2004.06.11 (fri) - 06.29 (thu) (Open during the exhibition) 10:00am - 9:00pm (however, the last day ends at 5:00pm) Contact 03-3496-1287 (Logos Gallery) Entrance fee Free Supported by: Nippon Broadcasting System Contents of the exhibition Approximately 40 masterpiece posters of small theater plays from the 1960s to the mid-1980s will be exhibited. The posters of the theater company called "Angra" such as theatre, the ceiling building, the black tent, and the free theater, all of which are highly artistically acclaimed by artists who are now known as masters. At the same time, this exhibition is also an exhibition commemorating the publication of "Japan Avant-garde-Angra Theater Masterpiece Poster 100", which will be published by PARCO Publishing in June this year, and will be pre-sales at the venue prior to over-the-counter sales. In addition to the Logos Gallery, about 100 items will be exhibited in addition to the 9 simultaneous locations. The long-awaited publication decision! Japan Avant-garde: Angra Theatre Masterpiece Poster 100 Published in June 2004 Parco Publishing ※For those who purchase at Logos Gallery during the exhibition period, 　Special poster (not for sale) gift! Gallery talk A gallery talk will be held for the first 30 people on each day who purchased the "Japan Avant-Angle Theater Masterpiece Poster 100" with artists of exhibition posters as guests. Akira Uno will be on the 12th (Sat) and Katsuto Obe will be on the 19th (Sat). In addition, the audience seats are set up with "Sajiki" reminiscent of the audience seats of the playhouse at the time. 2004.06.12 (sat) Guests: Akira Uno 2004.06.19 (sat) Guests: Katsuhito Oyobe The full picture of the precious Angra Theatre masterpiece poster is released!! This exhibition showcases about 100 masterpiece posters of the small theater called Angra, which played a part in the counterculture of the 1960s, carefully selected from the "Contemporary Theater Poster Collection" held by over 20,000 Poster Harris Company. These posters are currently highly artistically evaluated, and only a limited number of them were produced for performances at the time, so the number of them still exists is small, and it is now a valuable piece of art. This is an attempt to take a bird's-eye view of the times and culture with posters. From the 1960s to the 1970s, in the theater world, the small theater movement (so-called angra theater) aimed at creating a world that is different from the old-fashioned new theater, was gaining momentum, and Juro Kara, Shuji Terayama, Tadashi Suzuki, Noboru Sato, Kazumi Kushida, etc. developed an unprecedented experimental stage. At this time, the poster that appeared as the flag of this Angela Theater Company brought synergistic effects with the stage. In a sense, this poster plays a leading role in the Angra Theatre, provoking the times, and now exists as a symbol of it. Many amazing artists were involved, including Tadanori Yokoo, Kiyoshi Awazu, Genpei Akasegawa, Akira Uno, Kuniyoshi Kaneko, Katsuyuki Shinohara, Katsuhito Oyobe, Koga Hirano, Yosuke Inoue, Masamichi Oikawa, Ryoichi Enomoto, Kazuichi Hanawa, Seiichi Hayashi, Sawako Goda, and Tsutomu Toda. The posters by their hands go beyond merely the poster of the performance announcement, sharply cutting out the hot Japanese 60s and 70s, and the message that the poster itself emits continues to shine beyond the times. It can be said to be "Japan Avant-garde", a masterpiece of Japanese posters reminiscent of the poster of "Russia Avant-garde" in the 1920s. It is a valuable opportunity for such a masterpiece poster of the Angra Theater to be released together. By all means, I would like to see the poster of the Angra Theater, which is also a memory device of the times, not only for the theater world, but also for young people who are interested in the art world and graphics, as well as for many people who have lived in the age of adventure in the 60s and 70s.