Tadanori YOKOO |
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Tadanori Yokoo was born in 1936 in Hyogo Prefecture. Together with Masuo Ikeda, he counts as one of the veritable superstars of 1960s Japanese art. Yokoo was interested into pictures already as a child and submitted works to magazines such as Shonen Manga already in elementary school. During his high school days, his aspirations changed from Manga artist to illustrator, and he enrolled for distance university classes. Yokoo also started to paint in oil colors and to apply for exhibitions. However, submissions such as to the Taiheiyo Art Association were rejected because of his age. Out of consideration for his parents, Yokoo forwent art university and started to work, but was laid off half a year later. During 1956, he continued to submit to magazines and exhibitions, while at the same time working at the advertisement department of the Kobe Shimbun newspaper. |
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The following year, he began to design posters for the operations department of Kobe Shimbun. In 1959, Yokoo transferred to the National Advertisement Institute, and joined the Nippon Design Center in 1960. While his reputation continued to grow, Yokoo in 1965 met Yukio Mishima on the occasion of his first solo exhibition, and in 1967 joined Shuji Terajima’s theater project, Tenjo Sajiki, as an artistic support. Yokoo also began to exhibit outside of Japan. While he worked as a graphic artist throught the 1980s, an exhibition of Picasso’s work that he saw in New York in 1980 eventually triggered Yokoo to switch to oil painting. Yokoo continued to collaborate widely and in diverse media. To this day, he remains one of the outstanding Japanese visual artists. |
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 "Nishiki-cho, Yamaguchi (Nishiki Town Office, Kuga-gun, Yamaguchi)" Poster 2001 Offset 103.0×73.0cm Print signed *"The Complete Posters of Tadanori Yokoo" (Kokushokankokai Inc., 2010) No.01-26 (p.399) |
 "Nishiki-cho, Yamaguchi (Nishiki Town Office, Kuga-gun, Yamaguchi)" Poster 2002 Offset 103.0×73.0cm Print signed *"The Complete Posters of Tadanori Yokoo" (Kokushokankokai Inc., 2010) No.02-18 (p.399) |
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 "Goryunotaki Nishiki-cho, Yamaguchi (Nishiki Town Office, Kuga-gun, Yamaguchi)" Poster 2005 Offset 103.0×73.0cm Print signed *"The Complete Posters of Tadanori Yokoo" (Kokushokankokai Inc., 2010) No.05-10 (p.401) |
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 "Picabia - the love and honesty" 1989 Silkscreen 147.6×94.1cm Ed.150 Signed |
 "Picabia - the love and honestyⅠ" 1989 Silkscreen 147.6×99.0cm Ed.150 Signed |
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 "Chirico - the triangle" 1990 Silkscreen 147.6×102.0cm Ed.150 |
 "Chirico - the confined intellect" 1990 Silkscreen 147.6×102.8cm Ed.150 Signed |
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 "OKABE SILKSCREEN STUDIO" 1997 Silkscreen 103.0×72.8cm Ed.150
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 "MIYAKO" 1997 Silkscreen 103.0×72.8cm Ed.150 |
 "HIKAWA JINJA" 1998 Silkscreen 103.0×72.8cm Ed.150 |
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 "N.F.C." 1997 Silkscreen 103.0×72.8cm Ed.50 Signed |
 "LA CHAPELLE LAND B" 1996 Silkscreen 92.8×72.5cm Ed.100 Signed |
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 "SELF PORTRAIT" 1973 Silkscreen Image size: 28.5×21.5cm Sheet size: 39.4×27.2cm Ed.980 Signed ※"Yokoo Tadanori Prints"（1990, Kodansha）No.55 |
 "CARTES PEINTES" Original playing cards - 27 works by artists on the frontlines of modern art 7.3×2.7×9.1cm （cards: 8.9×6.3cm） Year not recorded, most likely the 1980s Publisher: Edition Nancy AD：Tanikawa Kouichi |
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 "20th ANNIVERSARY 1998 LAFORET Harajuku" (Green) 1998 Offset Sheet size：146.0×104.0cm *"The Complete Posters of Tadanori Yokoo" (Kokushokankokai Inc., 2010） No.98-18 |
 "Shiro Kuramata (Hara Museum) Poster" Design：Tadanori Yokoo 1996 Silkscreen 102.8ｘ72.7cm（F:106.3x76.2cm） |
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Exhibitions (Japanese only) 2007
141nd Gallery Exhibition: Eikoh Hosoe: Ukiyo-e Projections, Mar. 16-Mar. 31
1999
59th Gallery Exhibition: Art Posters by Robert Longo, David Hockney, Tadanori Yokoo and others, Jul. 30-Aug. 14
1997
33rd Gallery Exhibition: Faces: Works From Our Collection by Yasumasa Morimura, Tadanori Yokoo, Takao Ono, Shinji Ogawa, Andy Warhol, Balthus, Sep. 5-Sep. 20
1996
10th Gallery Exhibition: People Portrayed: Works by Tadanori Yokoo, Yoshihisa Kitatsuji, Takao Ono, Yasumasa Morimura, Katsura Funakoshi, Feb. 2-Feb. 24
