Paseo Unveiling Ceremony
One of four artworks I have been working on in Shigaraki since last year has been installed in the shopping mall at the Sapporo JR Station. This artwork is made of terra-cotta, and the accentuated 103 vertical lines represent
trees. The title is “Terminus Forest” and the size is 118″ height x 709″ width. The unveiling ceremony was held on April 29, 2011. I also designed the underground public square and passage walls. All artwork will be completed
in October 2011.
“cosmos” Installed in Takikawa Municipal Hospital, February 2011
Plywood cut-out and tied together with silk strings.
This artwork has been donated and installed at the entrance of Takikawa Municipal Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan.
Art Challenge Takikawa Lecture Series #24
Sorry, this lecture is only available in Japanese.
Bibliographic by Jason Godfrey
Bibliographic: 100 Classic Graphic Design Books that is the compilation of the best design books of the last 100 years has been published in London. Igarashi Alphabets, published by ABC verlag, is included in this book.
Bibliographic is available on amazon.com
Igarashi Alphabets is available on designshop
Geijutsu Shincho (Japanese Monthly Art Magazine)
Igarashi’s essay “Design, sculpture, and My Chronicle” has been publishing serially in Geijutsu Shincho Magazine since March, 2010. (Only available in Japanese.)
http://www.shinchosha.co.jp/geishin/
The white terra-cotta relief
The huge white terra-cotta relief that Igarashi has been working in Shigaraki is now complete. This artwork will be installed at the ‘kazenobi’ museum which is renovated from a closed elementary school building.
The museum will open to the public in Spring/early Summer, 2011, in Hokkaido, Japan.
Igarashi Alphabets
An American Apparel store on Main Street in Santa Monica has Igarashi alphabets on the large outdoor wall.
This mural artwork has been produced and designed by Iris Alonzo, a creative director of American Apparel, based on Igarashi’s design in the 1980s.