eitoeiko
Junta Egawa, Yuki Hashimoto and Saki Murakami
Twenty-six Men and a GirlMarch 12 - 26, 2016
eitoeiko is pleased to present our first attempt for performing stage and exhibition. An Exhibition 'Twenty-six
Men and a Girl' consists of two parts, one is a three artists(Junta Egawa, Yuki Hashimoto and Saki Murakami)
exhibition and the other is a one-person stage show by the actor Ryosuke Minezaki.
Twenty-six Men and a Girl were written by Russian great writer Maxim Gorky in 1899. Gorky approached anexperimental expression based on prose poem and it still makes us feel fresh surprising impression today.
The story provides us both of a sense of alienation and a sense of solidarity. And it is similar to a life of people
lives in the internet age. The situation that we could smell the same flavor from the basement in the end of the
19th century in Russia and our home in the 21th century gives us a hint of something about our society in future.
From another point of view, Russian cultures bloomed of the same period, such as WassilyKandinsky(1866-1944) and Sergei Rachmaninoff(1873-1943). This exhibition shows a relationship between art
and stage, indicates the movement of the human hearts, and is a kind of reconfirmation of the influence of theRussian culture.
About one-person stage of Twenty-six Men and a Girl
Maxim Gorky(1868-1936) is a Russian national writer. Gorky is also known as the writer from the vagrant. Hegot many occupations before he got fame along with Tolstoy and Chekhov. Gorky wrote a lot of masterpieces
from his experience. Twenty-six Men and a Girl is one of the best masterpieces of the short story. The story waspublished in 1899. Three years later, from The Lower Depths, Gorky got a great success as a writer.
Actor Ryosuke Minezaki makes the first attempt to play this story in Japan. Directed by Maiko Tanaka ofThéãtre Muibo. Peformance is based on the translation by Shoichi Kimura. A special thanks for being cooperated
by Poplar Publishing, Co., Ltd. and a special thanks for being supported by Russia Embassy.
Junta Egawa (B.1978, Kanagawa)Studied Japanese Painting at Tama Art University, Tokyo.
Tokyo Wonder Wall, Awarded, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2012/ VOCA, Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo,2013/Artist Labo, Atlia, Kawaguchi, 2014/ From now on!!, Fujisawa-City Art Space, 2015
Yuki Hashimoto (B.1988, Aichi)
Studied Printmaking at Musashino Art University, Tokyo and studied Ceramics at Tama Art University, Tokyo.
Edge of Reality, eitoeiko, 2015

Saki Murakami (B.1992, Gunma)
Studied Printmaking at Musashino Art University graduate school, Tokyo. Tokyo Wonder Wall, Awarded, 2015/FACE, Awarded, 2015/ The 6th Kanae Yamamoto Print Award, Awarded, 2015
Junta Egawa, Yuki Hashimoto and Saki Murakami
Twenty-six Men and a GirlMarch 12 - 26, 2016
Open 12PM-7PM everyday
Stage: Twenty-six Men and a Girl
Original story by Maxim Gorky
Translated by Shoichi Kimura
Acted by Ryosuke Minezaki (Born in 1984, lives in Tokyo)
Graduated Waseda University. After his salaryman life of two years, Minezaki entried and graduated NNT(NewNational Teatre) Drama Studio. Recent stages: The twinkle constellation(Komatsuza), Much Ado AboutNothing(Kawai Project), Boat Across The Earth(Tegamiza), Dojoji of Mishima(NNT), etc.
Director: Maiko Tanaka(Théãtre MUIBO)Sound: Kentaro Tsuda
Flyer Design: Nanami Norita
Produced by eitoeiko
Cooperated by Poplar Publishing, Co., Ltd.
Supported by Russia Embassy
Schedule:
March 12(Sat) 7PMMarch 13(Sun) 2PM- / 7PMMarch 19(Sat) 2PM- / 7PMMarch 20(Sun) 2PM- / 7PMMarch 21(Mon) 2PMAdmission: 1,500JPY(tax included)

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