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Aki Tsukamoto, "Love It or Hate It"november 7 - december 21, 2024 taguchi fine art, tokyo |
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Aki Tsukamoto was born in Saitama, Japan in 1989. Completed the graduate course of printmaking at Musashino Art University in 2014. While studying in school, he worked for Takashi Murakami at Kaikai-Kiki until he moved to the U.S. in 2016. In New York, he worked as an assistant to Tomokazu Matsuyama while creating and presenting his works his works in galleries there. He returned to Japan in 2020 due to the Corona Disaster and is currently lives and works in Tokyo. Having studied silkscreen technique in graduate school, Tsukamoto was naturally attracted to Pop Art, which is closely related to the technique. During his stay in New York, Tsukamoto became familiar with graphic culture. Through repeated trial and error arrived at his current style "New Cubism," in which he uses compositions taken from modern paintings and cubist techniques to depict popular animation and cartoon characters with vivid colors. By arranging motifs from different contexts with sampling techniques, sometimes in a surrealistic manner, Tsukamoto attempts to create a new and original world that cannot be defined by existing values or words. Tsukamoto has often been discussed in the context of street art and design, focusing only on pop color tones and motifs, but his intensive commitment to oil painting technique, awareness of precise color selection and line drawing, and active involvement in examining art history shall be examined and justified from a fine art perspective and then his works must be highly regarded. On this occasion, we will exhibit portraits of great artists and homages to famous paintings, which Tsukamoto has been working on recently. We hope you will enjoy this second solo show by Akinobu Tsukamoto at taguchi fine art. There are many people in the world who talk about their tastes in artwork. You may think I am one of them, but I wish the number of such people would increase. Scotch whisky Laphroaig has a catchphrase, ﾒLove It or Hate It,ﾓ which was assigned to it because the very strong peat that pokes through the nose is not to everyone's taste, even among connoisseurs. These words, which can be seen as a questioanry or a statement of the creator's philosophy, are very appealing to those who create artwork. I want viewers to feel something like Pete from my own works. I would like to create art works that people can discuss whether they like it or not. - Aki Tsukamoto checklist of the installation 1. First Cut is the Deepest, 2024 oil on canvas 116.7 x 91.0 cm 2. Outside Your Mind, 2024 oil on canvas 116.7 x 91.0 cm 3. Reflection, 2024 oil on canvas 116.7 x 91.0 cm 4. Big Apple, 2024 oil on canvas 116.7 x 91.0 cm 5. Horizontal Integration, 2024 oil on canvas 162.0 x 130.0 cm 6. Scissorist, 2024 oil on canvas 65.2 x 53.0 cm 7. Unplugged Extremist, 2024 oil on canvas 65.2 x 53.0 cm 8. Waiting for the Green Light, 2024 oil on canvas 65.2 x 53.0 cm 9. Everynone Knows Me, 2024 oil on canvas 91.0 x 91.0 cm 10. Portrait of Andy Warhol, 2024 oil on canvas 53.0 x 45.5 cm 11. Teenage Picasso, 2024 oil on canvas 91.0 x 72.7 cm 12. Fruits Planner, 2024 oil on canvas 65.2 x 53.0 cm |