Upcomming / Current Exhibition
Upcomming / Current Exhibition
Taro’s Dance
In 1952 Taro Okamoto created a tile mosaic entitled, ‘Dance.’ Unlike unique works of art, like oil paintings, it is possible to create numerous copies of mosaics and furthermore, these can be displayed outdoors. This allows art to become more accessible to society, that is what he thought. They represent the true the embodiment of Taro Okamoto’s philosophy of art.
Past Exhibition
‘Garbled Characters ― A Challenge from Calligrapher Koji Kakinuma’
Young people today are calling for Taro Okamoto
Trapped within a stifling sense of stagnation, his honest way of life appears dazzling.
However, Taro Okamoto is not somebody to be copied or worshipped.
‘Taro in the Streets’
What is the point of painting pictures only for them to be bought by rich people and locked away like money in the bank?
Art is for the masses. This is the basic philosophy that underlies Taro Okamoto’s art.
‘The Eye of Taro Okamoto’
They are not photographs. They are Taro Okamoto’s eye. They are what he saw, and provide us with an image of the man that was Taro Okamoto.
‘They have an solid sense of presence, a figurative power of form. The timing is so perfect that they make a mockery of the term ‘crucial moment’ that is so often used in connection with photography. They truly represent a single moment, the glimpse of a firework, purity.’ (Toshiko Okamoto)
‘Taro Okamoto’s “Living Things”’
‘Not human. Not animal
Living things that can only be said to belong to a wonderworld.
This strange ‘life’ draws close to us in a vivid manner.
Is this Taro Okamoto? Or is it something from another world that he is observing?
‘The Wellspring of Images’
First comes the impulse to express ‘something like this’. Next is the enthusiasm to put it into concrete form. It starts with a quick sketch, created to drag it out of the imagination and into the real world as quickly as possible.
This was the process employed by Taro Okamoto in his work.
‘Tracing 40 Years of “Myth of Tomorrow”’
In November, 2008, the Myth of Tomorrow was unveiled at its final resting place in Shibuya, forty years after it was first completed in Mexico.
It has been five years since the miraculous reunion of Toshiko Okamoto with this work, that had been abandoned in a pitiful state.
Long having been tossed by the vicissitudes of fortune, the Myth of Tomorrow has now finally been reborn through the combined efforts of numerous people and returned to its original colors.
‘Taro Okamoto’s “Characters at Play”’
‘Basically, writing and painting are the same thing. Even without tracing the origins and transformations of pictographs, unconscious play with writing will naturally result in the creation of a painting. The result is ‘characters at play’. The joy of life springs up within it. It is truly art.’ Taro Okamoto
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‘The Hands of Taro Okamoto’
‘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.’
10th Anniversary of the Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum ‘“Tower of the Sun” ― Gambling on the World Expo’
In order to celebrate its 10th Anniversary, the Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum will present the Tower of the Sun ― Gambling on the World Expo’ exhibition. The Tower of the Sun, the monument which symbolized Japan’s 1970 World Expo, housed an exhibition on the theme of ‘Progress and Harmony for Mankind’ that was Taro Okamoto’s greatest sculpture.
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