Keiichi Tanaami: Paradise of Eyes
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About
Set in a grotesque and colorful decorum, the new kaleidoscopic visions of Keiichi Tanaami intertwine the obsessional patterns of the great Japanese master—eyes, military aircraft, eroticized flesh, and pop culture icons.
About the artist:
Born in 1936 as the son of a textile wholesaler, Keiichi Tanaami was nine years old when he experienced the bombing of Tokyo towards the end of World War II. He studied at the Musahino Art University, visited Andy Warhol in New York in 1969, worked with both Robert Rauschenberg and art critic Michel Tapié during their travels to Japan, and designed record covers for Jefferson Airplane and The Monkees. He maintained a successful career as an illustrator and a graphic designer throughout the 1960s and early '70s, and was appointed as the first artistic director of the Japanese edition of Playboy magazine in 1975. With an infinite artistic appetite, Tanaami continues working across all boundaries, embracing painting, sculpture, performance and film, as well as a professor on the Faculty of Information Design at the Kyoto University of Art and Design in Japan.
Published in May 2017 by United Dead Artists
30 x 40 cm, softcover
40 pages (color ill.)
Product details
Title
Keiichi Tanaami: Paradise of Eyes
Publication
Date
May
2017
Publisher
United Dead Artists
Number of Pages
40
ISBN-10
978-2-37543-050-7
Size
11,81
x 15,75
inch
30 x 40 cm
30 x 40 cm
