HYSTERIC GLAMOUR 1988-1989

We are pleased to announce Kiyoshi Tatsukawa’s solo show “HYSTERIC GLAMOUR　1988-1989” at POETIC SCAPE from September 21 to November 5. This is the second show of Kiyoshi Tatsukawa at POETIC SCAPE since his show “QUAU in photo” in 2015.

In the late 1980s, Nobuhiko Kitamura, designer of HYSTERIC GLAMOUR met a photographer Kiyoshi Tatsukawa who was very active in fashion photography. The plan they made for the shooting of 1988-89 season was quite challenging, . “The budget was small anyway, but more importantly we wanted to use kids with strong characteristic” (Kitamura). They looked for the unique young at live houses and nightclubs, invited to be a fashion model. Among those “kids” there were artist Mariko Mori and musician Gota Yashiki who became widely known to the public a couple of years later.

The shooting carried out with sometimes involving people on the street. The images finally printed on the huge rough paper, handed out to public. Kitamura had been looking for the nest action which beyond ordinary fashion photos. This project became an important trigger for him to move forward to publish the series of photo books “Hysteric” in 1991. In this exhibition, 8 photographic prints, video footage of the actual photo shooting, and the original handout which made in 1988 will be shown at the gallery.