• 下手のほうがいいんだ。笑い出すほど不器用だったら、それはかえって楽しいじゃないか。
  • いいかい、怖かったら怖いほど、逆にそこに飛び込むんだ。
  • 自分の姿をありのまま直視する、それは強さだ。
  • きみはあなた自身を創造していると思いなさい。

10:00~18:00(Last entry 17:30)

Closed on Tuesdays

Exhibition November 15(Fri.)2024-February 24(Mon.)2025

Seventy Years in Aoyama

It was seventy years ago, in May 1954, that Taro Okamoto established his studio at this location.
It was an important place to him, the site of his parents’ home where he had lived from birth until he moved to Paris. However, when he returned after the war, he found the place covered in wheat fields—his house, his artwork, everything had been lost in the air raids. Taro had no choice but to make a fresh start from literally nothing, but he never lost heart and soon began to make inroads into the postwar Japanese art scene.

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