Taki Sekiguchi (9 April 1943 – 30 January 2004), known professionally as Taki Bluesinger,[1] was a lens-based artist from Fukaya City, Japan, whose artistic career was primarily based in Vancouver, Canada.[2]

He immigrated to Vancouver in 1969 after refusing an assignment from Time Magazine to go to Vietnam.[2] In Vancouver, he quickly got involved with artists' groups such as Intermedia and the New Era Social Club.

Career

Sekiguchi participated in many collaborative photography, video, performance, and music projects. In the early 1970s, he travelled around the world with Glenn Lewis documenting gardens, which resulted in an exhibition and book, Bewilderness.[3] In 1972, he participated in the work Background/This Place, in which he, along with Michael de Courcy, Gerry Gilbert, and Glenn Lewis, documented Vancouver through 360 photos.[4][5] The images were printed in the Vancouver Sun.[4] To mark the opening of the Burnaby Art Gallery's 1974 exhibition Videobag, Sekiguchi ran 9.3 miles from Vancouver City Hall to Burnaby Art Gallery.[6] He was part of the group exhibitionYellow Peril Reconsidered, which was curated by Paul Wong and included the work of 25 Asian Canadian artists.[7] The visual art components of the exhibition, including Sekiguchi's photographs, were on view at Contemporary Art Gallery and Artspeak, while videos were displayed at Or Gallery.[7]

References

  1. ^ "February 4, 2004 (page 26 of 76)". The Vancouver Sun (1986-). February 4, 2004. p. 26.
  2. ^ a b Yellow Peril Reconsidered. Vancouver, Canada: On Edge. 1990. p. 68. ISBN 0969477708.
  3. ^ Amos, Robert (January 6, 2014). "Our times: Potter puts the performance in art". Times - Colonist.
  4. ^ a b "February 4, 2004 (page 26 of 76)". The Vancouver Sun. February 4, 2004. p. 26.
  5. ^ "March 8, 1974 (page 95 of 126)". The Vancouver Sun. March 8, 1974. p. 95.
  6. ^ "October 12, 1974 (page 42 of 114)". The Province. p. 42.
  7. ^ a b Rosenberg, Ann (May 25, 1991). "Icons of identity: Yellow peril reconsidered holds up a mirror to society on issues of color, ethnicity, racism, and sexuality from asian canadian experience:". pp. D6.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taki_Bluesinger
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