‘I want to be able to comprehend the world through these eyes. To look with my eyes and touch with my hands.
I will penetrate everything violently and hurl myself into it.
I want to grasp a broad and positive image of humanity with my whole body.’

Taro Okamoto produced lots of works using the motif of the ‘hand’.
Not restricted to painting, but also sculpture, furniture, products…he repeatedly depicted hands in a variety of expressional fields.
For Taro, the hand, together with the ‘eye’, was an important tool through which to perceive the world, perhaps it was a window that connected the world to himself.
He trusted the sensations of his hand, and treasured them.

‘Absolute beauty, consisting simply of lines and color to create a purely visual painting is barren.
We need something ‘palpable’, something with a feeling of reality to collide with objectively in our daily lives.’

In this exhibition we will present an overview of his works that use hands, feet or eyes as their motif.
We hope that you will be able to share Taro’s sensitivity that made him wish to comprehend the world.