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
‘MAYA MAXX’s Sayonara’
At long last, MAYA MAXX has finally set out on an endless journey. She has discarded everything she achieved up until now and set out afresh on a world trip, taking with her only a single cardboard box.
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‘Transparent Anger’
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.
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‘Katsuki Tanaka’s Taro Beam!’
As the final guest curator in this series, we have chosen the man who knows Taro and Toshiko the best, Yuji Yamashita. The leading art historian in Japan today and the author of Okamoto Taro sengen (Declaration of Becoming Taro Okamoto), which caused a sensation when it was first published; he presents a collaboration between, Katsuki Tanaka, an aloof artist and possessor of unique aesthetics that he utilizes to pioneer a new world of expression, and Taro. The result can truly be described as being a collaborative work between Taro and Katsuki.
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‘Searching for an Invisible Horizon’
For the second in our guest curator series, we have invited Koichi Watari, curator of the Watari-Um Museum, an institution that continuously introduces new trends in the contemporary art world. For this exhibition, he has selected a young artist named Zon Ito to challenge Taro.
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‘To the Unknown Taro Within Taro’
For the upcoming guest curator series of exhibitions we have chosen three people most suited to discussing Taro Okamoto to come and curate an exhibition, allowing them to play freely with Taro. The first curator in this series will be Noi Sawaragi, one of the country’s leading art critics.
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‘The Road to the Restoration of “Myth of Tomorrow”’
Through the enthusiastic support of numerous people, the restoration of the Myth of Tomorrow is finally complete. Taro Okamoto’s powerful message has surpassed time and space to come to us today.
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‘The Graphics of Taro Okamoto’
One facet of Taro Okamoto’s world of expression was graphic design. Posters, playing cards, long-sleeved kimono, clocks, neckties, tapestries…Taro gave life to every kind of object, no matter what, his designs ranging from airships to matchboxes.
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‘A Message from Toshiko Okamoto – 2’
In 1998 this place where Taro and Toshiko Okamoto lived and fought together, was opened to the general public by Toshiko Okamoto as the Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum. While retaining the studio and salon as they were in Taro’s day, 30 exhibitions have been held in the special exhibition gallery over the last seven years.
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‘A Message from Toshiko Okamoto – 1’
In 1998 this place where Taro and Toshiko Okamoto lived and fought together, was opened to the general public by Toshiko Okamoto as the Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum. While retaining the studio and salon as they were in Taro’s day, 30 exhibitions have been held in the special exhibition gallery over the last seven years.
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