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Exhibition Commemorating AGI Congress 2006 in Japan New Posters by Japanese Members of AGI

  • DATES : Tue. September 19 - Fri. September 29, 2006

Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) is an organization of graphic designers founded in Paris in 1952 to create a network of leading designers from around the world. Today AGI has 360 members from 28 countries. Since its inception, an “AGI Congress” has been organized every year at a different location. This year’s event will take place in Japan – jointly in Tokyo and Kyoto – for the first time since 1988. To commemorate this occasion, Creation Gallery G8 will host an exhibition of new posters created by 23 Japanese members of AGI, on two themes: “AGI” and “Welcome to Japan.” Simultaneously, a show featuring kakejiku hanging scrolls by AGI members will take place at ginza graphic gallery (ggg) and Kyoto Seika University, and an exhibition of AGI members’ representative works will be held at Printing Museum, Tokyo’s P&P Gallery.

Exhibition Overview
The exhibition will feature new posters by 23 Japanese members of AGI on the themes of “AGI” and “Welcome to Japan.”

Featured Designers
Masuteru Aoba, Katsumi Asaba, Tatsuo Ebina, Shigeo Fukuda, Kenya Hara, Takenobu Igarashi, Mitsuo Katsui, Issay Kitagawa, Keizo Matsui, Shin Matsunaga, Kei Matsushita, Ken Miki, Kazumasa Nagai, Keisuke Nagatomo, Hideki Nakajima, Makoto Nakamura, Minoru Niijima, Makoto Saito, Koichi Sato, U.G. Sato, Taku Satoh, Yasuhiro Sawada, Shinnoske Sugisaki

AGI
Alliance Graphique Internationale is an organization of graphic designers founded in Paris in 1952. It currently has 360 members from 28 countries, including 24 from Japan. Since its inception, AGI has hosted a design congress every year at a different location. This year’s event is being held in Japan (Tokyo and Kyoto).

Concurrent Exhibitions
“KAKEJIKU” Exhibition Commemorating AGI Congress 2006 in Japan
ginza graphic gallery (ggg)
September 26 (Tue) – September 30 (Sat), 2006
Kyoto Seika University
September 25 (Mon) – October 1 (Sun), 2006

“Exhibition of Representative Works by AGI Members”
P&P Gallery, Printing Museum, Tokyo (Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.)
September 23 (Sat) – October 20 (Fri), 2006

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Organizers
AGI-JAPAN, Creation Gallery G8

Support
Kyoto Seika University, Kuwasawa Design School, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., Recruit Co., Ltd., TAKEO Co., Ltd., Morisawa Inc., Seiko Epson Corp., Misawa Homes Co., Ltd.

Cooperation
PCM TAKEO Corp., Awagami Factory, S2 Corporation