Yokoo Tadanori, Various Recollections, 2019, Oil on canvas, Collection of the artist (Deposited in Yokoo Tadanori Museum of Contemporary Art)

Outline

Beginning as a graphic designer and illustrator in the early 1960s, Yokoo Tadanori (b. 1936) attracted attention for his unique expressions, which fused indigenous motifs with a Pop art sensibility. In the '80s, Yokoo changed his sphere of activity to painting, creating a succession of innovative works and receiving widespread acclaim as a contemporary artist. Many of his works deal with autobiographical events, memories, and other self-referential subjects.

Narrative is a key element in these inward-focused works. Thus, the concept of genkyo (homeland), which recently emerged in Yokoo's art, is highly significant.

Yokoo inhabits a dense forest-like domain, searching for links between a variety of images and memories. It is indeed this genkyo that functions as a source for a unique world of phantasmagorical images. This exhibition, organized with the artist's full cooperation, traces various developments in Yokoo's life through a rich body of artworks (including paintings and graphic designs) and documents in order to elucidate the distinctive features of his practice.

Opening Hours, Closed, Admission

10:00-18:00

Open until 20:00 on Fridays

(Last admission; 30 minutes before closing)

Closed on Mondays

Adults: ¥1,500 (¥1,300)

University and High-school students: ¥1,200 (¥1,000)

Junior high school students and under: Free

＊ The price in brackets is for an advanced ticket.

＊ Including the admission fee for the Collection Galleries.

＊ Please check our website for further details.

Organized by

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, NAGOYA TV, The Asahi Shimbun

Catalog

GENKYO YOKOO TADANORI｜A Visual Story

First Edition. First Printing

Printed on January 5, 2021

Published on January 15, 2021

Composition and Texts: Yusuke Minami (Director Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art) / Aki Fujii (Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo)

Art Direction & Design: Yoshihisa Shirai / Shirai Design Studio

Publisher: Kesao Sato

Published at Kokushokankokai Inc.

Edited by Noriyuki Shimizu / Takashi Kawakami

Printed and Bound by Toppan Printing Co., Ltd

Printing Direction: Takashi Tomioka