Syoin Kajii
Marginal Village

20 February（Wed）- 16 March（Sun）
Mon - Sat: 12：00 - 20：00
（except the opening day, close at 18:00）
Sun: 12:00 - 18:00
Open Everyday



FOIL GALLERY is pleased to announce a solo show of the works by Syoin Kajii,
titled “Marginal Villege”.
3 years from the artist's phenomenal series "NAMI",
this exhibition will present about 300 pieces from new series for the first time.

While the metropolitan cities like Tokyo are very well known for
the spectacularly displayed appearence and its advanced technology,
many rural districts in Japan have been suffering from
the serious depopulation, which keeps on aggravating year by year.
Especially, the number of communal areas, where
more than 50% of the inhabitants are 65 years old has increased rapidly,
and people there are forced to live in very severe circumstance.
Syoin Kajii has visited those, what we call, “Marginal Village”
and taken photographs of the portrait of the people living there
and the ladscapes where and how people actually make their own livings.
The photographs taken through the sincere and warm eyes of the artist
straightly mirror the earnest wishes of the people living in the incovenience.

This exhibition “Marginal Village” is a documentary which tells a story of Japan’s reality,
which might be soon forogot without being realized
orperhaps remembered by anyone.

《Publication》 Photos and Texts by Syoin Kajii Marginal Village 1400yen（tax excluded） Full Color／19x13cm／176pages

《Other Exhibition》 Syoin Kajii Solo Exhibition　NAMI 8 Feb. （Fri）-6 Apr. （Sun） 2008 10:00-17:00 Closed on Sunday AT: Niitsu Art Forum