Asami Kiyokawa's first male work "Oto Ito Danshi" series.
In collaboration with about 30 prominent men representing Japan and Asia, such as Nobuaki Kaneko, Go Ayano, Tori Matsuzaka, Kengo Kora, and Tong Vfang Xien Qi, they collaborate with about 30 prominent men representing Japan and Asia who are currently active, and the aura they emit in black-and-white photographs. By combining them with Kiyokawa's unique embroidery, they express the aesthetics and lifestyles of men.
We will also sell books with new works added to the series of GRAMOROUS magazine, as well as new products produced for this exhibition.


[Male yarn work model] ＝Tadanobu Asano / Go Ayano / V.I (BIGBANG) / Atsuto Uchida / EXILE KEIJI / EXILE TAKAHIRO / Nobuaki Kaneko / Kenta Kiritani / Masataka Kubota / Kuma Kengo / Louis Kurihara / Kengo Kora / Takumi Saito / SUPER JUNIOR-K.R.Y. / Koji Seto / Sen / Shunsuke Daito / Def Tech / Tong Vfang Xien Qi / Masatoshi Nagase / Shido Nakamura / Kentoya Nakamura / Kentoya Nakamura / Kentomiya / Masatoshi / Masatoshi / Masatoshi / Kentomiya / Masatoshi / Masatoshi / Masatoshi / Masatoshi / Masatoshi / Kentoshi / Kentoshi / Kentomiya / Kentoshi / Masataka Nakamura / Masataka Nakamura / Masataka Nakamura / Masataka Nakamura / Masataka Nakamura /

Venue	Parco Museum (Parts 1 and 3F)
Period	2013/11/15 (Fri) - 2013/12/09 (Mon)  10：00～21：00 (Closed at 18:00 on the last day of the Parco Museum)
Entrance fee	Free (Parko Museum)
Contact	03-3477-5873
Organizer	PARCO
Cooperation	Kodansha
Planning and production	Parco, ASAMI, RCKT/Rocket Company*
Graphic design and venue structure	Furubira Justice
Venue composition	SMILE VEHICLE

[Book Information]

[Comments by Asami Kiyokawa]

◎How to start a series of male thread works
Men (mens) who are always active in Asia and will lead the future of Japan / Asia. The first series modeled on a man in collaboration with such cool men is "Otoshi". Cool men are past experiences and learning, and love, loneliness and energy.…Such a thing appears as an aura on the face, body, and back. The back of a man with a core looks large. Such aura is expressed by a combination of monochrome photographs and embroidery stitching unconsciously. I started to want to express something like a "man's life" that a man carries. I try to express it with a simpler and more persistent image than women.

◎How to decide the theme
Men can't "collect" like women, so this series is characterized by being compared to prominent historical figures and mythical characters. Once the subject is decided, the personality and atmosphere of the person will be imagined from Kiyokawa's unique perspective, and the work will be applied to the theme person and finished.

◎Future development
It has just begun, so I hope that if there is a good guy, I can make a work at any time. The series will start again with voce.

◎Enthusiasm for this exhibition and a message to visitors
The first exhibition of only male works. A dynamic and cool "male thread" world that is different from the usual "gathering of beautiful women" by Asami Kiyokawa, threads and images (?) I'm going to express it in words. It would be nice if you could immerse yourself in the charm of unique men who are active in various fields.



[Profile of Asami Kiyokawa]

An artist with a unique technique of embroidered photographs. He is also an art director who works on advertising, CD jackets, space, product design, etc. Currently, he has expanded his activities in various fields and has fans in many age groups. In the "Beauty Collection" series released since 2006, Kiyokawa has been working on costumes, direction and artwork, collecting more than 200 people, from favorite actresses, artists, and musicians who are most interested in popular anime and manga characters (such as Rei Ayanami of "Evangelion New Theatre Edition" and Kurajo Xulin of "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure"). Currently, "Beauty Collection neo" is popular serialized in the magazine "FRaU". In 2011, he held a solo exhibition "Asami Kiyokawa Bijo Gathering" at Art Tower Mito (the youngest artist to hold a solo exhibition on a whole building). In 2012, "Kiyokawa Asami Bijo Gathering" was held at Omotesando Hills. Record the most mobilized number. Major awards include Best Debutant Award (2004), VOCA Exhibition Prize (2010), and Vogue Japan Women of the Year (2012). He has authored many books such as picture books "Gaku Railway Night", "Alice in Children's Room" (Littlemore), collection of works "Beauty Collection", "AKB48 x Beauties Collection" (Kodansha). A co-written book with Shuntaro Tanikawa "Isn't there any Kami-sama?" (Crayon House) will be Japan's representative of the annual Congress held in London in 2012 (assigned from JBBY's International Children's Book Council). Currently, he is the first MC with Kenichiro Mogi at "TOKYO DESIGNERS WEEK.tv Kenichiro Mogi's Ideas IMAGINE", which is being broadcast every Monday at 23:00 on BS Nippon Television.
http://www.asamikiyokawa.com