タイガー立石 TIGER Tateishi
立石大河亞
1941年福岡県生まれ。1998年永眠。
本名・立石紘一。 少年期を筑豊の炭坑地域で過ごし、1961年に上京、武蔵野美術大学短期大学芸能デザイン科に入学。 第15回読売アンデパンダン展 （1963） に玩具や流木を貼りつけたレリーフ的作品 「共同社会」 を出品、針生一郎ら評論家の絶大な支持を集める。 1964年東野芳明の企画による南画廊での 「ヤング・セブン」展 、および初の個展となる 「積算文明」展 で、旭日旗のイメージをとりこみつつ立体的なロゴ等の広告的表現による作品を発表し、日本ポップ・アートの嚆矢としてさらなる注目を浴びる。 またこの時期から漫画を雑誌に発表しはじめ、1968年からはタイガー立石のペンネームを使用するようになる。 1969年渡伊し、ミラノに滞在、欧米各地で個展を開催。 1971～74年にはオリベッティ社のエットレ・ソットサス工業デザイン研究所に嘱託として在籍し、イラストレーション等を多く手がける。 またミラノ滞在中の1969年頃から、漫画の如く分割された画面をもつ 「コマ割り絵画」 を描き始める。 1982年帰国、その後も油彩画、掛軸、屏風、陶土のオブジェなど表現を多様に変化させながら作品制作を続ける。 1990年の市原での個展以後、立石大河亞の名を使用。 1992年アルティウムで多次元パノラマ絵巻展、1994年郷里田川市美術館で 「立石大河亞1963―1993展 筑豊・ミラノ・東京、そして…」 展を開催。 1998年心不全のため永眠（享年56）。
没後1999年に田川市美術館で「立石大河亞展 THE ENDLESS TIGER」展、O美術館で 「メタモルフォーゼ・タイガー 立石大河亞と迷宮を歩く」 展が開催され、以後も「Tokyo 1955–1970: A New Avant-Garde」(The Museum of Modern Art、ニューヨーク、2013)、「立石大河亞：タイガードラマの迷宮」（青森県立美術館、2015）、「世界が妙だ！立石大河亞+横山裕一の漫画と絵画」（広島市現代美術館、2016）、「パロディ、二重の声ーー日本の一九七〇年代前後左右」（東京ステーションギャラリー、2017）など、個展やグループ展の形式を問わず、国際的に数多くの美術館で作品が公開され続けている。
2021年から2022年にかけては、大規模回顧展「大・タイガー立石展」が開催された。(同展は千葉市美術館、青森県立美術館、高松市美術館、埼玉近代美術館、うらわ美術館に巡回)
Tiger Tateishi (タイガー立石) (December 20, 1941 – April 17, 1998), pen name of Kōichi Tateishi (Tateishi Kōichi (立石紘一) was a Japanese painter, mangaka, picture book artist, and ceramic artist.
Tateishi was born in the town of Ida in Chikuho (now Tagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture). He spent his boyhood during the period of postwar reconstruction and rapid economic growth, surrounded by movies and Showa-era songs. He began his artistic activities when he entered Musashino Art University and moved to Tokyo.[1] At first, he worked under his real name and made his debut at the Yomiuri Indépendant Exhibition in 1963.
He formed the Sightseeing Art Research Institute (Kanko Geijutsu Kyokai (観光芸術協会) ” with painter Hiroshi Nakamura, and although the group disbanded after only two years, he and Nakamura created an era with their avant-garde style and activities (such as street walking exhibitions in which they held up their own works amidst the crowds). Tateishi in this period is regarded as a pioneer of Japanese pop art.
In 1965, he began writing manga under the pen name Tiger Tateishi and began to write a series of nonsense manga. He left many gag-style works influenced by Fujio Akatsuka, with whom he had a close relationship in both public and private life. His pen name “Tiger” comes from the fact that he was born in the Year of the Tiger, and many of his works of art during his lifetime were based on the tiger motif.
A studio and residence in Yoro Gorge where he moved in 1995 – previously opened as “Meiji Shiryokan” (Meiji Museum of History) by a favorite artist; Yoshiharu Tsuge visited the museum in 1988 and wrote about it in “Poverty Travelogue” (published in 1991).
In March 1969, he and his wife moved to Milan, Italy. Tateishi declared: “A change of environment is what stimulates my creativity. Tateishi’s stance, “I refuse to settle down in one place and be satisfied with the status quo,” remained his motto until the end of his life. Tateishi lived and worked in Europe for a total of 13 years, including time spent outside of Italy. During this time in Italy, Tateishi presented his panel-split paintings (in which he brought not only the panel layout of manga but also the storyline), and he also gained experience in architecture, design, and illustration, both fine art and commercial. In 1971, he was enrolled at the design institute of Ettore Sottsass under Olivetti.
He returned to Japan in 1982. In 1985, he resumed his activities based in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, and published paintings and ceramics under the name Tateishi Taigaa (立石大河亞) and manga and picture books under the name Tiger Tateishi In the 1990s, he started ceramic sculpture and in 1995 moved his studio and residence to Yoro Gorge.
In April 1998, he died of lung cancer at the age of 56.
