A ROCK OF THE MOON by Hiroshi Takizawa (TRUE FIRST EDITION) SIGNED

Self published, 1012,First edition (Ltd. to 50 signed copies), Unpaginated, 8 1/2" X 11 3/4", Staple bound wraps

Not to be confused with the re-worked "New Version" that was self published by Takizawa in 2014 in a slightly larger print run

Near fine SIGNED

A rock of the moon, just as the moon and rocks, has a strong physical presence. Self-published by Hiroshi Takizawa in 2012, it is a game of image pairings. Many spreads pair seemingly disparate still lives with landscapes or abstractions. Some spreads even overlap imagery, A scene of a waterfall has what seems like a digital artifact superimposed over the falling water. These juxtapositions could be jarring, but also bring to mind the Japanese aesthetic concept, wabi-sabi, meaning “acceptance of transience and imperfection.” This is also evident in the dialog that begins to appear between images. There is a clash between the physical and digital worlds. A rock (from the moon) paired with a digital fragment are on one hand distinct, but on the other hand, similarly otherworldly.

Unbelievably scarce