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Kenji Yanobe "Taro, Cat, and Sun"
Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum
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Kenji Yanobe
Once again, the prodigy of the contemporary art scene will be hijacking the Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum.
After taking over the museum in 2011 with his Sun Child, Kenji Yanobe returns this year with Big Cat Bang. This is based on the silly, yet spectacular story of a ‘Ship’s Cat’ that arrived on Earth aboard the spaceship ‘Luca’ and introduced life into the previously sterile planet Earth.
This spaceship was the ‘Tower of the Sun.’ The same ‘Tower of the Sun,’ that now looks down over Osaka, is the corpse of the dead ship, or so Kenji Yanobe says with a serious face.
"There have been many works in the past that used the 'Tower of the Sun' as their motif, but nothing as exciting as this. I think that Taro and he share something in common in the way that they both come up with ideas on a ridiculous scale. I felt that this was something I just had to do."
The nine-meter-long Big Cat Bang is currently suspended in the middle of Ginza Six, a shopping complex in the Ginza district of Tokyo. Visitors are guaranteed to be captivated by this visual experience, which is unlike anything ever seen before. Visitors are encouraged to see the display in Ginza first, then visit the exhibition at the museum.
The huge image that fills the entire space in Ginza is sure to overwhelm the viewer, while the story and details behind this work are carefully explained at the museum in Aoyama.
Ginza Six and the Memorial Museum adopt opposite approaches to create a single exhibition; together they are the "Two in One."
After taking over the museum in 2011 with his Sun Child, Kenji Yanobe returns this year with Big Cat Bang. This is based on the silly, yet spectacular story of a ‘Ship’s Cat’ that arrived on Earth aboard the spaceship ‘Luca’ and introduced life into the previously sterile planet Earth.
This spaceship was the ‘Tower of the Sun.’ The same ‘Tower of the Sun,’ that now looks down over Osaka, is the corpse of the dead ship, or so Kenji Yanobe says with a serious face.
"There have been many works in the past that used the 'Tower of the Sun' as their motif, but nothing as exciting as this. I think that Taro and he share something in common in the way that they both come up with ideas on a ridiculous scale. I felt that this was something I just had to do."
The nine-meter-long Big Cat Bang is currently suspended in the middle of Ginza Six, a shopping complex in the Ginza district of Tokyo. Visitors are guaranteed to be captivated by this visual experience, which is unlike anything ever seen before. Visitors are encouraged to see the display in Ginza first, then visit the exhibition at the museum.
The huge image that fills the entire space in Ginza is sure to overwhelm the viewer, while the story and details behind this work are carefully explained at the museum in Aoyama.
Ginza Six and the Memorial Museum adopt opposite approaches to create a single exhibition; together they are the "Two in One."
Schedule | Jul 12 (Fri) 2024-Nov 10 (Sun) 2024 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥650, Elementary School Students ¥300. | ||||
| Website | https://taro-okamoto.or.jp/en/exhibition/kenji-yanobe-taro-cat-and-sun/ | ||||
| Venue | Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum https://taro-okamoto.or.jp/en/ | ||||
| Location | 6-1-19 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062 | ||||
| Access | 7 minute walk from exit B1 at Omotesando Station on the Ginza, Hanzomon and Chiyoda lines. 20 minute walk from the Miyamasuzaka exit of JR Shibuya Station. | ||||
| Phone | 03-3406-0801 | ||||
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