Art Information
The Institute for Art Information and Research Takami Sakurai
At the age of 70, I am busy creating art every day, not to mention discussing art and art theory.
Taniguchi, Funaki, and Sakurai happened to meet. We got into a heated argument just like inthe old days. Of course, it was a heated argument after drinking heavily. Taniguchi is the headof Museum and president of junior college of arts. Funaki is a former Kyushu-Ha and a former
junior high school principal. Sakurai lived in Fukuoka for four months and in Paris (suburbs) foreight months. I have ateliers on both sides. We were utterly engulfed by the rhetoric and in themidst of our former youth. And when I sobered up, Sakurai realized that as a Kyushu-Ha,
Sakurai knew nothing about Fukuoka at all. Upon closer examination, I have come to realizethat all three of us have some differences in thinking that run at the bottom of our rhetoric. Nomatter what the differences are now, We are not so different as a matter of course. However,We did not feel guilty about having to do a little Kyushu-Ha style art research. However, We
were not without a sense of guilt that I had to do a little Kyushu-Ha-style art research as well.

However, although Sakurai was keenly interested in the actual Fukuoka art world, he knew
nothing about the so-called art world and had only a few friends in it. Although he was busy with
my own work, the factual record of Kyushu-Ha was almost exclusively mine. He is describing in
the book "IDISCOVER JESUS CURIST IS WOMAN" published October 20, 1987, price 10,000
yen, about 1500 pages, weighing 2 kg. However, since He has compiled them in a haphazard
manner, he is not in order or organized at all. He is always keenly aware of the need forexperts, including myself, to organize and classify in detai. Nevertheless, he is in Paris for 8months, which is very difficult for him in terms of time and also in terms of ability. It will take thecooperation of many people to break through this.

First of all, for Sakurai, it is necessary to know about art spaces such as museums andgalleries. He must know the organizations that run its contents and be informed about thepublicity and organizing they do. Furthermore, He shall know about the cultural and economic
audience participation of local residents and art education relations. The most important issue of
our time is the contest issue that continues to pique the strong desires of women in their fifties.
Culture and arts were poor and healthy due to low economic potential. However, the art-hungry,
nature believers, and now newspapers and magazines are sucking up huge amounts of money
for spiritual and mental problems. To put it in a nicer way, it is as if the public is finally paying
attention. And the weak artists in their 50s, who are supposed to be the target audience, aretaking the work in a direction that is unexpected. We must not carelessly overlook this.

As a precedent, the world of manga exploded 30 years ago with the phenomenon of Shonen
Magazine piling up at kiosks. Most of the people who started out in the manga world wereartists, but young people immediately jumped on board, and as you can see, a manga kingdom
has emerged. And now, art has come to play a role in the economy on a lower level, not as amatter of art, but as a matter of the mind. Of course, I'm delighted, but I'm also surprised when I
meet with their clientele, an ardent competition seeker, a housewife with time on her hands after
leaving her children. I think it is dangerous that the application fee is as high as 15,000 yen justbecause of the age of the applicant. For example, this is my own fiction, but if there is a "catpicture" contest sponsored by our cute kitty club, there would be 20,000 to 30,000 entrants. Theorganizer has a great chance to make a lot of money. Another form of competition that has
nothing to do with art is being born.勿 New businesses, including new money-making
businesses, are being created that we can't even imagine. I can't know them all, but with strong
curiosity I'd like to understand a few. Also, it is necessary to go to Fukuoka Library to carefully
examine newspapers and magazines of the time.

Sakurai tried to do it about 10 years ago, but it was unexpectedly time-consuming, so he gave
up on it right away. It would be better if some art museum would accept it and make it available
to the public. Now, there are living witnesses and records of the exhibition at that time. If therecords are accurate, they will be written about in various publications, records, newspaper
serials, etc., and steadily become part of common knowledge and history. The question of how
to view the difference between accurate facts and personal misconceptions or fiction must
naturally be asked.

Sakurai is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of Kyushu-Ha's records. Funaki has been
involved with the exhibition for a long time and seems to Sakurai to have loved the exhibitioneven more than Kyushu-Ha. He may have been mistaken, but it seems to me that he has been
unfairly misled. Funaki believes that a similar organization has been established in Fukuoka City
as well as in the prefectural exhibition, and a similar twisting phenomenon is taking place.
Taniguchi is said to be an advisor to Fukuoka City. At this point, Sakurai has no idea what isgoing on. However, Sakurai thinks that this is part of the Fukuoka art world, and he will naturally
investigate and make it public. If it is a fight, we will naturally ask the other party to appear andwe will definitely disclose our facts and opinions.We ask for the cooperation of all concerned. Asa matter of basic fact, museums and art galleries can be a tourist resource. What kind ofinterest and purpose do tourists, curators, and newspaper reporters have in looking at them?
There is a map of art galleries in the city. The management of the gallery, i.e., rental fees,number of exhibitions, number of visitors, etc., can be considered from the perspective of thegallery owner. First of all, we confess that we have the space but not the ability to do theresearch. Therefore, we ask for the cooperation of experts and other parties involved.

We are now planning to ask "The Road to Paradise" to prepare a huge amount of materials andto make and distribute pamphlets at irregular intervals at the office of Vice-President Funaki.

Representative Sakurai
Vice Representative Funaki.