Taro Okamoto was generally cheerful and humorous, but the moment he discovered some essential distortion in an object or the ugliness of the people who produce this, he lost his temper and expressing his anger in various ways, turned it on society. A lot of his works and writings, such as the famous calligraphy piece, Don’t Kill or his Myth of Tomorrow, use anger as their motif.

However, Taro Okamoto’s ‘anger’ did not always confront the viewer with a terrible appearance. For instance, in his Myth of Tomorrow he depicts a proud image of humanity that goes beyond tragedy, while roaring with laughter, demonstrating that he stands in a dimension that exists far above simple exacerbation or personal grievance.

‘Transparent Anger’. This is perhaps the best way to describe Taro’s anger.

The emotion of anger stems from the collision of humanity’s innately rich sensitivity, but in the present day, which appears to be losing its clarity, Taro’s anger provides us food for thought. I would like to share Taro’s ‘transparent anger’ with you all.

This exhibition will also include a new work by Shunsaku Hishikari, the winner of the ‘Toshiko Okamoto Prize’ in the 10th Okamoto Taro Memorial Award for Contemporary Art, on the theme of ‘a collaboration with Taro’. We hope that you will enjoy it.