Takaaki Izumi
04 Jul - 05 Aug 2006
TAKAAKI IZUMI
Born in Fukuoka, Japan in 1975. Graduated from Faculty of Fine Arts, Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music, majoring in oil painting in 1998. Finalist at the Phillip Morris Art Award 2000. Exhibited at “AKIMAHEN!” and “EEJANAIKA YES FUTURE!” group exhibitions in France in 2004. Attention gained widely in 2006 for work exhibited at “VOCA 2006”, Tokyo.
The commonplace within an extraordinary facet of everyday life
From July through to August in its Tokyo gallery, TARO NASU presents Takaaki Izumi’s first solo exhibition in Tokyo.
Izumi folds a paper aeroplane using the corner of a flier then crumples the rest of the sheet into the jet stream, or paints a real tulip with paint the same colour as that tulip; this is an artist that creates much like a mischievous child.
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art’s curator, Yoko Nose, describes the work of Takaaki Izumi thusly: “By slightly rearranging an artifact that is regarded simply as a part of our everyday life, or -- vice versa -- by adding or applying man-made applications to nature, (Izumi) shows us different ways to see things. His endeavors are not about contrasting (the artifacts) with nature, but about showing us one way of finding lives that are full of artificiality to be likable”. In addition, Nose went on to describe Izumi’s technique as being a “landscaping method”. (Page 222, June 2003 edition of BT Bijutsu Techo.)
Humorous Venus coming out from a sponge
Izumi challenges us with his new series of works for this first solo exhibition at the TARO NASU gallery. Including a work showing a female figure viewed from the rear that is formed by tweaking a sponge, five all new works occupy the gallery space as one installation. This exhibition lets us physically experience the commonplace that exists within an extraordinary facet of everyday life.
The TARO NASU gallery presents the high-profile, new-generation artist Takaaki Izumi, and we hope that you will enjoy this new up and coming talent’s very first solo exhibition in Tokyo.
Born in Fukuoka, Japan in 1975. Graduated from Faculty of Fine Arts, Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music, majoring in oil painting in 1998. Finalist at the Phillip Morris Art Award 2000. Exhibited at “AKIMAHEN!” and “EEJANAIKA YES FUTURE!” group exhibitions in France in 2004. Attention gained widely in 2006 for work exhibited at “VOCA 2006”, Tokyo.
The commonplace within an extraordinary facet of everyday life
From July through to August in its Tokyo gallery, TARO NASU presents Takaaki Izumi’s first solo exhibition in Tokyo.
Izumi folds a paper aeroplane using the corner of a flier then crumples the rest of the sheet into the jet stream, or paints a real tulip with paint the same colour as that tulip; this is an artist that creates much like a mischievous child.
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art’s curator, Yoko Nose, describes the work of Takaaki Izumi thusly: “By slightly rearranging an artifact that is regarded simply as a part of our everyday life, or -- vice versa -- by adding or applying man-made applications to nature, (Izumi) shows us different ways to see things. His endeavors are not about contrasting (the artifacts) with nature, but about showing us one way of finding lives that are full of artificiality to be likable”. In addition, Nose went on to describe Izumi’s technique as being a “landscaping method”. (Page 222, June 2003 edition of BT Bijutsu Techo.)
Humorous Venus coming out from a sponge
Izumi challenges us with his new series of works for this first solo exhibition at the TARO NASU gallery. Including a work showing a female figure viewed from the rear that is formed by tweaking a sponge, five all new works occupy the gallery space as one installation. This exhibition lets us physically experience the commonplace that exists within an extraordinary facet of everyday life.
The TARO NASU gallery presents the high-profile, new-generation artist Takaaki Izumi, and we hope that you will enjoy this new up and coming talent’s very first solo exhibition in Tokyo.