“Challenging Taro Okamoto: Yusuke Asai and Miran Fukuda” Exhibition
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of Kawasaki City and the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Museum of Art
Taro Okamoto’s “Myth of Tomorrow” and Yusuke Asai’s “Where We Are”
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Yusuke Asai’s “Where We Are” allows viewers to remove their shoes and step on the work. This attempt, which started in Yamanashi by creating a path on the work, has led to the entire work being able to be stepped on, and is being repeated this time. Will the work remain the same in this place, which is likely to be visited by more people than Kanazu? Will it change? I look forward to seeing how it turns out.
For this exhibition, I volunteered for about 15 days to help with the production of the work “Where We Are” and other various tasks. I was able to see the work “Where We Are” up close from the beginning to almost the end.
“Stars Flying Scattered,” which was stepped on by many people in Kanazu, is reborn as a mural at the beginning of the exhibition.
The mural in Kanazu, “Closest to the Sun,” has been partially reconstructed and is exhibited as “Ruderal of the Sun.”
In Yamanashi, “The Bed of Life,” which had a walkable passageway within the work, is partly exhibited together with Taro Okamoto’s work.
The group works, “There were no words on the island yet 2020 Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art,” “Wild Star 2020,” and “The Magic of Combination,” are designed so that the works can be completed even if the parts are swapped. Since all three works are available this time, it would be interesting if they were swapped during the exhibition, but it is unclear whether this will be done.
“The Magic of Combination” is painted with “Prussian Blue,” which is made by refining animal protein.
“Where it is” will not be stored in the exhibition museum, so it is unclear what will happen to it after the exhibition ends, but it will be here until January 13, 2025, so I will come and see it from time to time.
A summary page for volunteer activities is created here.
Miran Fukuda reconstructs Taro Okamoto’s original works and develops them as her own installations through the creation of new works that respect the originals. The idea of reconstructing Taro Okamoto’s “Warrior” as a target for “quoits” is brilliant. Unfortunately, you cannot actually play quoits with it.
Gallery
Works by Yusuke Asai
Works by Miran Fukuda
Permanent exhibition (Yusuke Asai and Miran Fukuda select and exhibit works)
Exhibition overview
- Exhibition title: “Challenging Okamoto Taro: Asai Yusuke and Fukuda Miran” Exhibition
- Exhibition contents
- Asai Yusuke: Approximately 15 pieces (2D, 3D, installation, etc.)
- Fukuda Miran: Approximately 15 pieces (2D, installation, etc.)
- Okamoto Taro: Approximately 30 pieces (2D, 3D, photography, etc.) *Including works exhibited within Fukuda Miran’s installation
- Location: Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki
- Asai Yusuke “Where” Production period: 2024 .8.22-9.29
- Dates: 2024.10.12-2025.1.13
- Artists: Yusuke Asai, Miran Fukuda
For this exhibition, Yusuke Asai has been working at a temporary studio at the Taro Okamoto Museum of Art in Kawasaki for a month, creating eight new pieces: “Home”, “Reverberation”, “Ring Soul”, “The Touch of Life 1”, “The Touch of Life 2”, “Footsteps of Life – Forest of Ikuta”, “The Magic of Combination”, and “Masking Plant”.
He is exhibiting three previously created works, “Footsteps of Life”, “There were no words on that island yet /2020 Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art”, “Wild Stars /2020”, “Stars, Flying Scattering /2024”, “Ruderal of the Sun /2024”, “Bed of Life /2023”, one oil painting, and several ceramic works.
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- 2024.10.20
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