Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
"3D artwork by Taro Okamoto -Defying Dimensions-" Exhibition
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[0]- Media: Sculpture - Art Talk
- 2008-04-19 - 2008-07-06
Taro Okamoto (1911−1996) was active in a variety of artistic media. Although he started out as a painter, he later produced his first three-dimensional sculpture in 1952. By using a hybrid material of (...)
Taro Okamoto "Traditions of Japan"
[0] [2]- Media: Painting - Photography - Prints - Sculpture
- 2008-04-11 - 2008-07-06
In 1956, Taro Okamoto published a book entitled, "Traditions of Japan." The catalyst that aroused his interest in this primitive history was the exhibition "Jomon Earthenware," held at the Tokyo National (...)
The 11th Exhibition of the Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Installation - Art Competition
- 2008-02-09 - 2008-04-06
The Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art (TARO Award) aims to support and celebrate those artists who succeed the challenging spirit of Taro Okamoto manifested in the making of creative works with individual (...)
Taro Okamoto "Niramekko"
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2008-01-18 - 2008-04-06
Taro Okamoto published a collection of essays entitled "Niramekko." Niramekko is a a staring contest in which two players have to keep looking at each other's eyes without laughing. In 1980 and '81, books (...)
"Art Topography by Taro Okamoto - Japan, 50 years ago" Exhibition
[0] [4]- Media: Painting
- 2007-10-06 - 2008-01-14
Taro Okamoto traveled all over Japan in 1957 photographing people and keeping a travel journal for a project that he did for magazine "Geijutsu Shincho". He focused on each region's unique characteristics (...)
"Void and Excessive Concentration - Space in Taro Okamoto's Painitngs" Exhibition
[0] [1]- Media: Painting
- 2007-09-21 - 2008-01-14
"When we talk about space in art, it's either desperate emptiness and nothingness, or something completely dense and filled up, I believe." (Taro Okamoto "Kourin Theory" from "Japanese Tradition" published (...)
"Samurai of Amazon - Human, Nature, & Art" Exhibition
[0] [2]- Media: Photography - Sculpture - Art Talk
- 2007-07-14 - 2007-09-17
Aborigines reside in the rapidly disappearing Amazon Rainforest. They exist proudly in the wild cycle of life, which has much in common with Okamoto's philosophy. They remind us of the truth of human beings. (...)
"Playful Taro Okamoto" Exhibition
[0] [1]- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2007-07-05 - 2007-09-17
"It is not about being foolish, you have to play, full-heartedly, or you are not having fun," said Okamoto (referenced in Toshiko Okamoto's "Playful Mind of Taro Okamoto"). That is how he lived his life (...)
"Taro Okamoto: 1954−1970 - The Contemporary Arts Institute through Expo 70" Exhibition
[0] [1]- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2007-04-21 - 2007-07-01
In May 1954, Taro Okamoto settled into his studio (now the Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum) located in Takagi-cho of Aoyama, Tokyo. Designed by Junzo Sakakura architects & engineers and constructed utilizing (...)
"10th TARO Award" Exhibition
[0] [2]- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- 2007-02-03 - 2007-04-08
The Taro Okamoto Contemporary Art Award, known as the Taro Award, awards the excellent achievements by artists that follow Taro Okamoto's spirit of breaking away from tradition and rules to produce works (...)
"Taro Okamoto's Paintings - From Impulse to Realization" Exhibition
[0] [1]- Media: Painting
- 2006-10-07 - 2007-01-08
The elementary colors and vigorous brushwork are characteristic of Taro Okamoto's paintings. While the spontaneity of his works makes it seem like they were shaped on the spot, Okamoto actually employed (...)
The Legend of Ultraman
[0] [2]- Media: Graphics - Illustration - Other
- 2006-07-11 - 2006-09-24
Ultraman celebrates its 40th anniversary. On display will be costumes, dolls, movie posters, oil paintings and much more from the popular television series.
Permanent Collection: Tomorrow's Myth - The Road to Revival
[0] [1]- Media: Painting - Photography - Other
- 2006-06-29 - 2006-10-03
Taro Okamoto's mural "Tomorrow's Myth" was discovered in Mexico in 2003 after being lost for 35 years. Having gone through a tremendous restoration process, it is now being displayed at Shiodome. This (...)
Chikaku - Conversations with the Fourth Dimension
[0] [9]- Media: Sculpture
- 2006-04-08 - 2006-06-25
In 1952, Taro Okamoto 'discovered' a piece of earthenware from the Jyomon period inside the museum. He declared it to be a piece of ancient art, instead of just the archeological finding that it was considered (...)
All 'Living Things'
[0] [4]- Media: Painting
- 2006-04-06 - 2006-06-25
Many 'living things' appear in Taro Okamoto's paintings- comical manga-like animals, blob-shaped bodies, and huge faces and eyes that take up the whole canvas. Humorous, cute, or a bit strange - these (...)
Honorable Message: Re-Birth of "The Myth of Tomorrow"
[0] [1]- Media: Painting
- 2005-07-16 - 2005-09-25
In 1967, Taro Okamoto got a commission from a Mexican businessman to paint the large mural (5.5x30.0m) "The Myth of Tomorrow" for a hotel being built for the Mexico Olympics. The masterpiece was based (...)
Yoshio Murakami: Purified in the North
[0] [1]- Media: Painting - Photography - Sculpture
- 2005-04-23 - 2005-07-03
Greatly influenced by Taro Okamoto, Yoshio Murakami is searching for the roots of the original Japanese culture, in northern Japan. This retrospective exhibition contemplates the bond between the artist (...)
The 8th Annual Taro Okamoto Competition of the Contemporary Art
[0] [3]- Media: Illustration - Sculpture - Art Competition
- 2005-02-27 - 2005-04-10
The Annual Taro Okamoto Competition of the Contemporary Art is founded to carry on the creative and critical spirit of Taro Okamoto. This year, the museum received 533 applications. Among them, 22 outstanding (...)
Naked Taro Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Ceramics - Product - Sculpture - Other - Drawing - Video installation
- 2004-10-16 - 2005-01-16
In addition to Okamoto`s art works, the recordings of the series of TV shows which Okamoto appeared in.
2D
- Graphics (16)
- Illustration (32)
- Painting (155)
- Drawing (34)
- Calligraphy (11)
- Photography (88)
- Prints (31)
- Other (45)
3D
- Architecture (7)
- Sculpture (49)
- Installation (34)
- Furniture (4)
- Fashion (14)
- Product (27)
- Crafts (36)
- Ceramics (16)
- Other (60)
Screen
- Film (15)
- Video installation (15)
- Digital (7)
- Other (5)
Misc.
- Art Party (30)
- Art Talk (70)
- Performance Art (7)
- Art Competition (2)
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