Keiichi Tanaami
Almine Rech Gallery, Shanghai
October 27 — December 2, 2023
Almine Rech Shanghai presents KEIICHI TANAAMI's latest presentation with the gallery.
The Pop Art movement, characterized by its enduring global resonance until today, has embarked on a fascinating journey across cultural landscapes worldwide since its origins in 1950s America and Great Britain. The movement flourished in Japan in the late 1950s and early 1960s, melding Western Pop Art sensibilities with distinct Japanese cultural and social contexts. A new generation of Japanese artists embraced the Pop Movement's ethos, driven by a desire to challenge the conventional traditions of Japanese art. This creative awakening was a response to Western materialism and popular culture in postwar Japan.Keiichi Tanaami (Born 1936 in Tokyo), an influential figure in Japanese Pop Art, stands out among his contemporaries. A hugely prolific artist whose career spans illustration, animation, experimental cinema, and painting, he explains, "My life is not a straight shot with one central theme running through it." His works have been widely exhibited worldwide and have been collected by major international art institutions, such as the New York MoMA, The Art Institute of Chicago, Hong Kong's M+ Museum, Washington's National Portrait Gallery, and the Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin.— Athena Chen, art researcher
ALMINE RECH SHANGHAI
27 Huqiu Road, 200002 Shanghai
