"Bussei I", "The relationship of Canvas bag and Ropes "
BFA, Department of Fine Arts, Nihon University College of Art, Haraguchi began his career as an artist in the late 1960s.
In 1977 at “Documenta 6,” Haraguchi exhibited a giant steel pool filled with oil waste, which had a great impact on Western art world. He then participated in the 10th Biennale de Paris at Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, and his first solo exhibition overseas was held in 1978 at the Galerie Alfred Schmela in Dusseldorf.
Haraguchi gained an international reputation through large scale exhibitions such as “NORIYUKI HARAGUCHI,” his solo exhibition at the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus in 2001 and “Das Schwarze Quadrat, Hommage en Malewitsch,” an hommage to Malevich in 2007. His recent activities include a first large-scale retrospective exhibition, “Noriyuki Haraguchi: Society and Matter,” at the BankART1929’s Studio NYK in Yokohama in 2009.
Haraguchi ‘s European exposure began at ‘Document 6’ in 1977, when his “oil pool” -- a low metal container filled with waste oil--was first exhibited.
Its completely still and opaque surface suggests an enormous depth. Haraguchi created “Oil Pool” for ART BASE MOMOSHIMA, which is one of the only two site-specific installations in the world.
2012/ iron, oil
2017/Canvas, mooring ropes
Located in the old storage room at OTSU 1731-GOEMON Bath House, a house that has been abandoned for 47 years, stuffed in a canvas bag are mooring ropes that weigh 2 tons, brought from Yokosuka Port.
This site-specific installation is an expression of movement and existence of the elements.