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© William Wegman

Venue		PARCO MUSEUM Parco Museum Shibuya Parco Part 3/7F
Period		2004.11.11 (thu) - 2004.12.05 (Sun) Closed during the session 10:00am - 9:00pm (Admission is until 30 minutes before closing)
Fees		General 500 yen / Student 400 yen / Elementary school students and younger free
Contact		03-3477-5873 (Palco Museum)
Host: PARCO Co., Ltd. Support: The Yomiuri Shimbun Tokyo Head Office / Tokyo American Center Cooperation: Sonny Magazines Co., Ltd. / Razy Susan Co., Ltd. Planning and production: Am Corporation

William Wegman's dog good day William Wegman Photo Exhibition We will hold a photo exhibition by William Wegman, who is known for its existence in Japan as a leading photographer representing American contemporary art.
Wegman has been active as an artist since the late 1960s, and since the 1970s, has been attracting attention from all over the world as a conceptual artist using means of expression such as performance, video, and drawing. This exhibition features approximately 70 portraits (color works) of dogs, who occupy the most important position in Wagman's 35-year artist life.
The dogs loved by William Wegman wear fashion as if they were at the forefront of the fashion of that era, and have a unique look as if they were self-assertion like portraits of humans. I hope that William Wegman, a world-renowned photographer, will give us a new opportunity to think about the connection between humans and animals.

■Brief of William Wegman
Born in Hori York, Massachusetts, USA on December 2, 1943. Graduated from Massachusetts University of Fine Arts in Boston in 1965. He holds a master's degree in art from Illinois State University in 1967. He started as a painter, but since the late 1960s he began working on photography and video, and his style changed to conceptual. From the beginning of the 1970s, his dog, Man Ray, began to appear in his work. He was not only a photographer of a series modeled on a dog using a large Polaroid camera, but also an immovable writer with high artistry. In 1992, his first retrospective was held at the Whitney Museum in the United States, and his first retrospective exhibition was held at the Pompidou Center.

■Weggman and their dogs
Weggman taught at the University of Wisconsin from 1968 to 1970 and at Long Beach State University in California from 1970 to 1972, but just around that time I met Man Ray, the Wymanaler dog. Then, in 1972, Man Ray and Weggman moved to New York, where collaboration with Man Ray began. In 1986, I met a new dog, Fei Rei, and from this time I began to make works using a large polaroid camera of 20 x 24. In 1989, Fay Rei's puppies, Battina, Krucky, and Chunddo joined, and the number of Weggman models increased, with chips in 1995, Bobin in 1999, and Candy in 2000.

Later, in the photo book entitled "The Best Friends of Humanity", his dog, Man Ray, plays a variety of parodys of fashion and commercial photography, and his masterpiece, along with Weggman's high-quality photographs, gained high praise. Was.
In addition, "Cynderella", "Akadora", "Mother Goose", "My Town", "ABC", "Maru, Triangle, Square", "Supply Party", "Chip Dog" are published sequentially as photo picture books for children, "Fay" and "Papes" (Hyperion Publishing), and in 2002, Wegia Publishing 3 Publishing.

The success of this photographer and his dog will not only appear in the world of photography, but also in children's programs `` Sesame Street '' and `` Nicolo Deanne '', adult programs `` Saturday Night Live '', and many other advertisements It was become a thing. In addition, the 1989 film "Hardley Boys" was screened at the Sundance Film Festival.

And many related products such as cards, videos, t-shirts, calendars, etc. are also made and are sold at museums and shops around the world.



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■Related books (sold at the time of exhibition)
The dog that the dog wanted to keep
Author William Wegman
Translation Ayano Takeda
Publishing Sony Magazines
Fixed price: 1,300 yen + tax

Is this a dog?　Or a person?　(Of course, it's not a CG.)
A little surreal Weggman world with plenty of humor!
A book by photographer Wegman, who has gained popularity in Europe and the United States regardless of men and women of all ages, is finally released in Japan. But don't reckon with just a dog photo book. The world view that spreads over the page is something that makes you laugh so realistic that you can mistake it for a person. Artistic!　And it's a bit timid and cute ♪　The dog's expression gets hooked every time he turns the page.

■Inquiries about books
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