Shintaro Miyake
28 Apr - 03 Jun 2006
Shintaro Miyake
Ni-Mary-Maru-Roku, in Doitsu
April 28 – Juni 3, 2006
Opening: April 28th, 2006, 18 – 21h
It is a great pleasure to announce the second solo exhibition of the Japanese artist Shintaro Miyake with c/o – Atle Gerhardsen during the Berlin gallery weekend www.28.-30.april2006berlin.de.
Influenced by Japanese Manga and Anime comics, Shintaro Miyake creates fantasy worlds from different subjects. To realize his conceived stories and cosmos he uses the mediums which fullfill his required needs. Thus, the spectrum of his work varies from sculpture to drawing, wooden cut outs, video and performance.
In the course of the Berlin gallery weekend, Shintaro Miyake will deal with the topic of soccer. On the occasion of the World Championship 2006 in Germany the gallery will be turned into a soccer field. Amongst other works, Miyake will show a video documenting a soccer game between two fictiv-real teams: real people dressed in fantastic costumes, the style of which is based upon comic figures, characterized by big oval heads und coloured furry tricots.
Shintaro Miyake is a representative of the Japanese New Pop. The work of his generation of artists is characterized by simple, clear-cut motifs, a mostly buoyant mood, great craftsmanship, and an accomplished play with colours. It has been strongly influenced by an affluent society, the mounting power of the media, and their ever-present output of manga and anime. Only when compared to the traditional high-arts of Japan the criticism levelled at the American style Japanese culture by the New Pop artists will become apparent. Despite of the international success enjoyed by some of the artists and the visual airiness of their paintings, theirs is an art, which has its roots in sub-culture and still defines itself in terms of this heritage.
Shintaro Miyake, born 1970 in Tokyo, Japan, lives and works in Tokyo. His works will be on display in a solo exhibition with the Mass College of Art in Boston until mid of March 2006. He will also be participating in the upcoming group show Berlin-Tokyo/Tokyo-Berlin. Die Kunst zweier Städte in the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin.
Please do not hesitate to contact c/o - Atle Gerhardsen for further assistance and visual material at
T: +49-30-69518341, F: +49-30-69518342, e-mail: office@atlegerhardsen.com or visit our website at www.atlegerhardsen.com
Ni-Mary-Maru-Roku, in Doitsu
April 28 – Juni 3, 2006
Opening: April 28th, 2006, 18 – 21h
It is a great pleasure to announce the second solo exhibition of the Japanese artist Shintaro Miyake with c/o – Atle Gerhardsen during the Berlin gallery weekend www.28.-30.april2006berlin.de.
Influenced by Japanese Manga and Anime comics, Shintaro Miyake creates fantasy worlds from different subjects. To realize his conceived stories and cosmos he uses the mediums which fullfill his required needs. Thus, the spectrum of his work varies from sculpture to drawing, wooden cut outs, video and performance.
In the course of the Berlin gallery weekend, Shintaro Miyake will deal with the topic of soccer. On the occasion of the World Championship 2006 in Germany the gallery will be turned into a soccer field. Amongst other works, Miyake will show a video documenting a soccer game between two fictiv-real teams: real people dressed in fantastic costumes, the style of which is based upon comic figures, characterized by big oval heads und coloured furry tricots.
Shintaro Miyake is a representative of the Japanese New Pop. The work of his generation of artists is characterized by simple, clear-cut motifs, a mostly buoyant mood, great craftsmanship, and an accomplished play with colours. It has been strongly influenced by an affluent society, the mounting power of the media, and their ever-present output of manga and anime. Only when compared to the traditional high-arts of Japan the criticism levelled at the American style Japanese culture by the New Pop artists will become apparent. Despite of the international success enjoyed by some of the artists and the visual airiness of their paintings, theirs is an art, which has its roots in sub-culture and still defines itself in terms of this heritage.
Shintaro Miyake, born 1970 in Tokyo, Japan, lives and works in Tokyo. His works will be on display in a solo exhibition with the Mass College of Art in Boston until mid of March 2006. He will also be participating in the upcoming group show Berlin-Tokyo/Tokyo-Berlin. Die Kunst zweier Städte in the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin.
Please do not hesitate to contact c/o - Atle Gerhardsen for further assistance and visual material at
T: +49-30-69518341, F: +49-30-69518342, e-mail: office@atlegerhardsen.com or visit our website at www.atlegerhardsen.com