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NewKeiichi Tanaami: Adventures in Memory

Keiichi Tanaami with editing by the National Art Center, Tokyo

Shiraga Kazuo: Dedicate Everything to Action

Executive Committee for the 100th Anniversary Commemoration Project of Shiraga Kazuo’s Birth with editorial supervision by Hirai Shoichi

design, crafts, architecture

agnès b. stories

design, crafts, architecture

The Original: Timeless Product Design Genealogy

Naoto Fukasawa, Takahiro Tsuchida, and Kaoru Tashiro

design, crafts, architecture

Poul Kjærholm: Timeless Minimalism

The Town You Live In: Reprinted Edition

Yoshiyuki Okuyama

Mishima Kimiyo: Memories for the Future

Readymade: Shinichi Kaneko Photographs

Shinichi Kaneko

Comming Soon

Coming Soon

NewLumière

Mikiya Takimoto

Coming Soon

NewPrière

Mikiya Takimoto

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2024.03.22New

Exhibition “KENZO TANGE – KENGO KUMA, Architectes des Jeux de Tokyo”

2024.03.19New

Yoshitomo Nara: “Traveling with Hazy Humid Day in Penghu” (Penghu Reclamation Hall, Taiwan)

2024.02.29

Exhibition “Enchan-Temps : Le Souffle d’Ici – L’Eau de là [The Breath of Here – The Water Beyond]” by Susumu Shingu (Marais Space, France)

2024.01.05

Exhibition “Design = Memory”
Akira Minagawa & minä perhonen (Nationalmuseum, Sweden)

2024.01.29

Exhibition “Manabu Ikeda: Flowers from the Wreckage” (Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, USA)

2023.10.17

2024 catalog

2023.10.17

FRANKFURTER BUCHMESSE 2023 – Frankfurt Book Fair

2022.10.12

FRANKFURTER BUCHMESSE 2022 – Frankfurt Book Fair

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🎥📖'The Town You Live In: Reprinted Edition'

🎥📖'The Town You Live In: Reprinted Edition' by Yoshiyuki Okuyama @yoshiyukiokuyama
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Travel just a little back in time to see some of Japan’s brightest stars—and the fast-changing city of Tokyo—as they once were.
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Each photo, shot as though in a jam session with the subject based on a close process of dialogue and rapport-building, captures the actress with a sparkling look on her face that she reveals nowhere else. The synergy between the stars’ magic and Okuyama’s creative talents gives rise to a gem of a series that Okuyama himself treasures for having inspired a breakthrough in his own art. Another “star” of the series is Tokyo itself: with their inimitable outlook and graphical compositions, Okuyama’s Polaroid shots of the city offer a valuable record of its appearance before the 2020 Olympics even as they stand as one-of-a-kind images in their own right.

This edition preserves the layout of the original while thoroughly reworking the printing process and giving a new color to the cover among other updates, resulting in a nostalgic yet fresh encounter with thirty-five actresses—and the city of Tokyo—as they were a decade or so ago.
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Actresses featured (in order of appearance)
Nana Komatsu, Fumi Nikaido, Sayu Kubota, Kasumi Arimura , Riko Narumi, Yao Aining, Mugi Kadowaki, Reina Kurosaki, Suzu Hirose, Airi Matsui, Maika Yamamoto, Nana Seino, Yuko Araki, Kaho, Fumino Kimura, Tsubasa Honda, Marie Iitoyo, Kaho Mizutani, Hana Sugisaki, Yurika Nakamura, Yuna Taira, Akari Hayami, Natsumi Okamoto, Ai Hashimoto, Mikako Tabe, Riho Yoshioka, Mitsuki Takahata, Aoi Morikawa, Ayami Nakajo, Shiori Kutsuna, Fuka Koshiba, Haruna Kawaguchi, Momoko Tanabe, Ren Komai, Yui Sakuma
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#yoshiyukiokuyama #奥山由之 #TheTownYouLiveIn #君の住む街 #君の住む街復刻版
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New🚀 'Keiichi Tanaami: Adventures in Memory'
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Six decades of wild, dynamic images: a look into the fantastic mind of Keiichi Tanaami (1936–2024) through more than 600 spectacular color plates.
@keiichitanaami_official
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In 1975 Keiichi Tanaami became the founding art director of the Japan edition of 'Playboy,' gaining attention for his innovative graphic design. His unique philosophy that printed materials are not reproductions, but rather an infinite number of original works led him to express himself through a wide range of mediums, including paintings, silkscreens, collages, animation, experimental films, objets d’art, and installations.

His passion for expression knew no bounds: from the 2000s onward he worked with fashion brands and musicians, created 700 Picasso-inspired paintings during the Covid-19 pandemic, and “collaborated” with the works of the late manga artist #FujioAkatsuka.

Today Tanaami's work is garnering renewed international attention, and this definitive collection covers the more than six decades of his career, including through 600 plates of his earliest to last works. This is supplemented by an extensive number of valuable visual and textual materials and essays giving insight into his oeuvre from a range of perspectives.
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Authors: Keiichi Tanaami with editing by the National Art Center, Tokyo
Languages: Japanese and English
Size: 297 × 220 × 28 mm, 1360 g
Pages: 420
Binding: softcover with open-back binding
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His first large-scale retrospective is on view through 11th November 2024 at the National Art Center Tokyo @thenationalartcentertokyo

#KeiichiTanaami #AdventuresInMemory
#田名網敬一 #田名網敬一記憶の冒険 #NACT
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Coming soon! Light and prayer: the simultaneous pu

Coming soon! Light and prayer: the simultaneous publication of two long-awaited titles sparked into creation by the pandemic.
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'Lumière / Prière'
by Mikiya Takimoto @mikiya_takimoto
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Mikiya Takimoto’s first collections of all-new photography in nearly ten years—reflect the new directions inspired in him by the Covid-19 pandemic. 'Lumière' (“light”) captures the unassuming wildflowers that caught his imagination during his forced hiatus from his usual work; 'Prière' (“prayer”), temples and temple gardens he visited during and after a between-lockdown trip to Kyoto.
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Languages: Japanese and English
Pages: 248 (each)
Binding: hardcover

Published by MT Gallery; distributed by Seigensha
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Advance sale now available at MT Gallery @mtgallery_tokyo and pre-order also available on our online shop (for residents in Japan) and Amazon.jp.
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More details and images coming soon.
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#MikiyaTakimoto #瀧本幹也 #Lumière #Prière #photography
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📸🗼'The Town You Live In: Reprinted Edition'

📸🗼'The Town You Live In: Reprinted Edition' by Yoshiyuki Okuyama @yoshiyukiokuyama
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Travel just a little back in time to see some of Japan’s brightest stars—and the fast-changing city of Tokyo—as they once were.
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Since 2010, Yoshiyuki Okuyama has pursued a prolific career as a photographer and filmmaker, actively publishing and exhibiting his own works on the one hand while also creating a memorable body of projects on commission on the other. 'The Town You Live In,' featuring young actresses photographed in various locations around Tokyo, was originally serialized for three years in the magazine 'Eyescream;' issued in book form by Space Shower Networks in 2017, it attracted attention for its impressive lineup of stars as well as for Okuyama’s use of a simple Polaroid camera, among other innovative techniques, to bring out new dimensions of their appeal.

Now, that book, which has fallen out of print in the seven years since, returns in a new edition under a new publisher.
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Actresses featured (in order of appearance)
Nana Komatsu, Fumi Nikaido, Sayu Kubota, Kasumi Arimura , Riko Narumi, Yao Aining, Mugi Kadowaki, Reina Kurosaki, Suzu Hirose, Airi Matsui, Maika Yamamoto, Nana Seino, Yuko Araki, Kaho, Fumino Kimura, Tsubasa Honda, Marie Iitoyo, Kaho Mizutani, Hana Sugisaki, Yurika Nakamura, Yuna Taira, Akari Hayami, Natsumi Okamoto, Ai Hashimoto, Mikako Tabe, Riho Yoshioka, Mitsuki Takahata, Aoi Morikawa, Ayami Nakajo, Shiori Kutsuna, Fuka Koshiba, Haruna Kawaguchi, Momoko Tanabe, Ren Komai, Yui Sakuma
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Author: Yoshiyuki Okuyama
Language: Japanese
Size: 145 × 145 × 20 mm, 300 g
Pages: 256
Binding: softcover with slipcase
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#yoshiyukiokuyama #奥山由之 #TheTownYouLiveIn #君の住む街 #君の住む街復刻版
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🪑Another new book on the modern design legend:

🪑Another new book on the modern design legend: 'Poul Kjærholm: Timeless Minimalism'
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From a Japanese collection: masterpieces of unparalleled minimalism and beauty of form by “furniture architect” Poul Kjærholm.
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Poul Kjærholm (1929–1980) is counted among the giants of modern Scandinavian furniture design. While mid-twentieth-century Scandinavian furniture is typically associated with the warmth of wood, Kjærholm’s designs were marked by highly disciplined forms shaped from hard stone and metal; his works harmonize well with Japanese architecture, which perhaps explains why he is so well embraced by connoisseurs in the country.

This book presents the collection of one such enthusiast, Noritsugu Oda, who specializes in chairs. Some fifty masterpieces along with a wealth of valuable design drawings and archival photographs trace Kjærholm’s career from his beginnings under the noted furniture designer Hans J. Wegner to his death at the age of fifty-one.

“The chair must have a natural shape in keeping with the material and the tools used for it, so that it is constructively evident,” Kjærholm once wrote. “The chair must excite an aesthetical pleasure.” The works of this self-styled “furniture architect” exhibit a consummate minimalism and beauty, and this definitive volume distills the quintessence of his aesthetic sophistication and design philosophy.
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Edited by: Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art with supervision by Noritsugu Oda
Languages: Japanese and English
Size: 296 × 224 × 18 mm, 920 g
Pages: 208
Binding: softcover
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#PoulKjærholm #minimalism #furnituredesign #noritsuguoda #ポールケアホルム #織田憲嗣
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💡 'The Original: Timeless Product Design Geneal

💡 'The Original: Timeless Product Design Genealogy'
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A “textbook” of design like none before: some 150 masterpieces of product design from a landmark exhibition, now brought back in book form.
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"I want visitors to feel how wonderful The Original can be. I want people to share my excitement."
——Naoto Fukasawa
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'The Original' captured the imaginations of visitors when it was held from March to June 2023 at 21_21 Design Sight in Roppongi, Tokyo. Now, the contents of that exhibition return in this book showcasing roughly 150 examples of product design from the nineteenth century to today all chosen for their pioneering originality. Commentaries shed light on the appeal of each item from modern-day perspectives, while the chronological organization of the book clearly lays out the evolution of diverse categories of products—from furniture to lighting to tableware, toys, and more—so as to offer readers a better understanding not only of the social backgrounds behind the works but of the history of product design itself.
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Authors:
- Naoto Fukasawa (Product designer)
- Takahiro Tsuchida (Design journalist and writer)
- Kaoru Tashiro (Independent curator and writer)
Languages: Japanese and English
Size: 226 × 150 × 20 mm, 600 g
Pages: 232
Binding: hardcover
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#TheOriginal #オリジナル #productdesign #21_21designsight #naotofukasawa #takahirotsuchida #kaorutashiro
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👣New title: ‘Shiraga Kazuo: Dedicate Everythi

👣New title: ‘Shiraga Kazuo: Dedicate Everything to Action’
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A comprehensive introduction to the abstract painter Shiraga Kazuo, marking his 100th anniversary.
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Abstract painter Shiraga Kazuo began action painting with his feet in the late 1950s, when he belonged to the avant-garde art group Gutai. The group was dedicated to coming up with creations that had never existed before, and its young members used their imagination freely to produce new forms of expression; Shiraga’s works, in particular, were praised by the French art critic Michel Tapié when he visited Japan, and through him Shiraga became internationally well-known.

This book provides an in-depth look into the artist, from his life and career to the evolution of his work and his reputation in the art world following his death up to the present day. More than 500 images are featured, including around 350 of Shiraga’s major works selected by the Shiraga Kazuo Memorial Room and Gutai Art Group researcher Hirai Shoichi. The wealth of additional materials encompasses archival photographs, a detailed chronology, Shiraga’s own writings, and interviews with people connected to him, resulting in a highly informative volume offering a comprehensive overview of the artist Shiraga Kazuo.
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Authors: Executive Committee for the 100th Anniversary Commemoration Project of Shiraga Kazuo’s Birth with editorial supervision by Hirai Shoichi
Languages: Japanese and English
Size: 180 × 230 × 26 mm
Pages: 400
Binding: softcover
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Exhibition Information✍️
This exhibition of the same name is on view at the Amagasaki Cultural Center (Hogyo Prefecture) through 23nd September, 2024.
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#ShiragaKazuo #Gutai #footpainting #白髪一雄 #具体
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🌳New title: ‘Yoshimoto Sakuji: Pictorial Pilg

🌳New title: ‘Yoshimoto Sakuji: Pictorial Pilgrimage’
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Trace the singular artistic journey of one of the important shapers of contemporary Japanese painting.
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In the 1980s, the international New Painting (Neo-expressionist) movement signaled the resurgence of painting in an art scene where installations, with their manipulation of three-dimensional space, were on the rise. Riding on this new wave, Yoshimoto Sakuji (1959–) made a memorable debut with large-format paintings featuring powerful, sinuous brushstrokes and heavy textures alongside contrastingly graphical imagery and buoyant forms. Later, from the 1990s, Yoshimoto embarked on a period of intensive sketching and experimentation with new forms of expression, adopting elements of Chinese line painting and focusing on the themes and compositions of post-Renaissance European art in a quest that would reshape his style into serene yet dynamic renderings of allegorical subjects. Since 2005 he has also served as a professor at the Nagoya University of Arts, where he instructs aspiring artists in both theory and practice.

This collection covers more than one hundred paintings from Yoshimoto’s beginnings up to the present day. Together with an essay and work commentaries by the artist and analyses by curator Takeba Jo (Nagoya City Art Museum) and art critic Yamawaki Kazuo, the works offer insight into the singular trajectory of a figure who is critical to a full understanding of contemporary Japanese painting as it has unfolded since the 1980s.
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Author: Yoshimoto Sakuji
Languages: Japanese with work titles in English
Size: 285 × 227 × 17 mm, 820 g
Pages: 208
Binding: softcover
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#YoshimotoSakuji #PictorialPilgrimage #𠮷本作次 #絵画の道行き #newpainting
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📸🧴New book: ‘Readymade: Shinichi Kaneko Ph

📸🧴New book: ‘Readymade: Shinichi Kaneko Photographs’
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New narratives spun from readymade products.

Plastic containers from the world over figure in this latest series by still life photographer Shinichi Kaneko. The containers come from twenty cities, the great majority of which Kaneko visited himself, making the rounds of DIY stores, mid-sized supermarkets, suburban big-box stores, and more in search of bottles of intriguing shape. He shot the objects under strong lighting while also using filters to minimize surface halation and render a matte finish, all in an effort to reveal aspects and guises that ordinarily remain hidden from view.

The concept of readymades as originally espoused by Marcel Duchamp denoted artworks created using industrial objects he chose based on “a reaction of visual indifference” and “the total absence of good or bad taste.” Kaneko, by contrast, sees his own project as being one of discovering new narratives within readymade products.

Work on the series involved going through the steps of setting the lighting, turning the container slowly around, adjusting the height of the camera, and contemplating the resulting light and shadows—a process that, Kaneko says, was akin to puzzling out a chess problem. By thus drawing out the individuality of each object to the fullest, Kaneko presents it to the viewer in a new light as something transcending its designated purpose.

Shinichi Kaneko, born in 1961 in Tokyo, graduated from Pasadena City College in the United States in 1983 and began working as a freelance photographer in 1986. He started his own company, Quinientos, in 2000. Previous collections include ‘Unbalance’ (Soshiete, 2000), ‘Torso’ (Ainoa, 2008), and ‘Nudist’ (Quinientos/True Ring, 2016).
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Author: Shinichi Kaneko @kanekoshinich
Languages: Japanese and English
Size: 263 × 195 × 20 mm, 820 g
Pages: 224
Binding: hardcover

#readymade #shinichikaneko #金子親一 #photography
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