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Paraventi: Keiichi Tanaami
Prada Aoyama
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Keiichi Tanaami
This exhibition is part of the group exhibition "Paraventi" at Fondazione Prada in Milan, which will be held from October 26, 2023, to February 22, 2024, on the 5th floor of the Prada Aoyama store designed by Herzog & de Meuron, also curated by Nicholas Cullinan. "Paraventi: Folding Screens from the 17th to 21st Centuries," also curated by Nicholas Cullinan, will be held in conjunction with the exhibition.
Keiichi Tanaami (b. 1936, Tokyo), one of Japan's leading Pop artists since the 1960s, has created a new installation especially for Prada Aoyama, expanding on the concept of the folding screens he created for his exhibition in Milan.
The exhibition includes a video installation that unfolds like a folding screen, a folding screen made of canvas collage, and a large book video installation with projection mapping. These works emphasize the concept of "folding in" and recall the culture of picture-story shows in Japan.
Tanaami's work is symbolized by a combination of American pop culture and the stylistic characteristics and techniques of Japanese illustration, as exemplified by ukiyo-e. Characters from the world of manga and film, depicted against surreal and psychedelic backgrounds, meet works such as Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" to create a statement against authority and hierarchy.
By prioritizing methodology over expressive style, Tanaami's practice traverses a variety of mediums, including graphic novels, collages, sculptural works, paintings, and video works. If his folding screens in Milan embody a concept of movement, his installation in Tokyo is a reverse process, returning to its original role as a source of inspiration, the concept of a time axis. In doing so, the exhibition delves into the displacement of the concept of the folding screen in the present and future and sheds further light on the contrast between what is hidden and what is revealed, between what is folded and what is unfolded.
The exhibition will also feature a pair of six-panel screens by Shikibu Teruchu, a Japanese ink and wash painter active in the late Muromachi period (16th century), entitled "Bai-chiku-ha-ha-ba-chouzu-byobu" (Plum blossoms, bamboo, and birds). This historic folding screen is a fine example of a panel structure that skillfully surpasses traditional landscape painting to convey movement and direction. Kaleidoscopic, colorful, and intricate, it creates a kaleidoscopic interrelationship with the Tanaami style and reveals its connection to the history of art.
Keiichi Tanaami (b. 1936, Tokyo), one of Japan's leading Pop artists since the 1960s, has created a new installation especially for Prada Aoyama, expanding on the concept of the folding screens he created for his exhibition in Milan.
The exhibition includes a video installation that unfolds like a folding screen, a folding screen made of canvas collage, and a large book video installation with projection mapping. These works emphasize the concept of "folding in" and recall the culture of picture-story shows in Japan.
Tanaami's work is symbolized by a combination of American pop culture and the stylistic characteristics and techniques of Japanese illustration, as exemplified by ukiyo-e. Characters from the world of manga and film, depicted against surreal and psychedelic backgrounds, meet works such as Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" to create a statement against authority and hierarchy.
By prioritizing methodology over expressive style, Tanaami's practice traverses a variety of mediums, including graphic novels, collages, sculptural works, paintings, and video works. If his folding screens in Milan embody a concept of movement, his installation in Tokyo is a reverse process, returning to its original role as a source of inspiration, the concept of a time axis. In doing so, the exhibition delves into the displacement of the concept of the folding screen in the present and future and sheds further light on the contrast between what is hidden and what is revealed, between what is folded and what is unfolded.
The exhibition will also feature a pair of six-panel screens by Shikibu Teruchu, a Japanese ink and wash painter active in the late Muromachi period (16th century), entitled "Bai-chiku-ha-ha-ba-chouzu-byobu" (Plum blossoms, bamboo, and birds). This historic folding screen is a fine example of a panel structure that skillfully surpasses traditional landscape painting to convey movement and direction. Kaleidoscopic, colorful, and intricate, it creates a kaleidoscopic interrelationship with the Tanaami style and reveals its connection to the history of art.
Schedule | Nov 3 (Fri) 2023-Jan 29 (Mon) 2024 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||
| Website | https://www.prada.com/jp/en/pradasphere/special-projects/2023/paraventi-prada-aoyama.html | ||
| Venue | Prada Aoyama https://www.prada.com/jp/en.html | ||
| Location | 5-2-6 Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062 | ||
| Access | 1 minute walk from exit A5 at Omotesando Station on the Chiyoda, Hanzomon and Ginza lines. | ||
| Phone | 0120-45-1913 | ||
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