Asami Kiyokawa "Oto Ito Danshi" Exhibition
Asami Kiyokawa's first male work "Oto Ito Danshi" series.
In collaboration with about 30 famous men representing Japan and Asia, such as Nobuaki Kaneko, Go Ayano, Tori Matsuzaka, Kengo Kora, Toho Shinki, etc. By combining it with embroidery unique to Kiyokawa, the aesthetics and lifestyles of men are expressed.
We will also sell books that add new works to the serialized work of the magazine "GRAMOROUS" and new products created for this exhibition.
[Male thread 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 JUNIORsuke-K.E.Y.
Venue |
Parco Museum (Parts 1 and 3F)
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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) |
Admission fee |
Free (Parco Museum) |
Contact |
03-3477-5873
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Sponsorship |
PARCO
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Cooperation |
Kodansha
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Planning and production |
Parco, ASAMI, RCKT/Rocket Company*
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Graphic Design and Venue Structure |
Justice Furubira
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Venue composition |
SMILE VEHICLE
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[Book Information]
Pre-sale of Parco Museum
"Oto Ito Danshi"
A4 version / 2,800 yen (excluding tax/preliminary price) / Released on November 15 (Parco Museum prior to)
Published by Kodansha along with this male thread exhibition.
In commemoration of the release of Asami Kiyokawa's latest collection of works "Otoito" (2,940 yen including tax)
From November 15th (Fri), "Otoito" will be sold in advance at the venue.
In addition, those who purchase "Otoito" will receive a "Otoito" original bookmark (a set of 3 pieces) on a first-come, first-served basis!
※The number of books and bookmarks is limited. Please understand in advance if it is out of stock.
※The photograph is for illustrative purposes only. It may be different.
※The works listed in the book are partially different from the exhibited works.
[Comments by Asami Kiyokawa]
Men (mens) who are always active in Asia and are responsible for the future of Japan / Asia. "Man thread" is a series modeled on the first man in collaboration with such cool guys. A cool man has experience and learning in the past, and love, loneliness and energy.…Such a thing appears as 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 sewing innocent. It was my starting point when I wanted to express something like a man's "man's life". I try to express it with a simpler and more persistent image than a woman.
◎How to decide the theme
Since men can't "collect" like women, the feature of this series is that they are compared to prominent historical figures and mythical characters. Once the subject is decided, the character 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 if you have a good boy, I would like to make a work at any time. The serialization will also be restarted in "voce".
◎The enthusiasm for this exhibition and a message to visitors
The first exhibition of male works only. A dynamic and cool "man thread"-like world that is different from the usual "beauties collection" of 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 embroidery on photographs. He is also active as an art director who works on advertising, CD jackets, space, product design, etc. Currently, he has expanded his activities to various fields and has fans in many age groups. In the "Beauty Gathering" series, which has been released since 2006, Kiyokawa has been working on costumes, direction and artwork, and from favorite actresses, artists, and musicians who are paying the most attention to popular anime and manga characters (such as Rei Ayanami of the "Evangelion New Theatre version" and Xunori Sorajo of "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure"). Currently, "Beauty Gathering neo" is being serialized in the magazine "FRaU". In 2011, he held a solo exhibition "Ami Kiyokawa Beauty Gathering" at Art Tower Mito (the youngest artist to hold a solo exhibition of the entire building). In 2012, "Kiyokawa Asami Beauty Gathering" was held at Omotesando Hills. Record the largest number of mobilizations. Major awards include the Best Debuccant Award (2004), VOCA Exhibition Award (2010), and VOGUE JAPAN Women of the Year (2012). He has authored many books such as picture books "Night of the Galactic Railway", "Alice in Children's Room" (Littlemore), collection of works "Beauty Collection", "AKB48 x Beauty Gathering" (Kodansha). A co-authored book with Shuntaro Tanikawa "Is there any kami-sama?" (Crayon House) will be the representative of Japan at the Congress (World Children's Book Conference) held every two years in London in 2012 (elected from JBBY's Japan International Children's Book Council). Currently, he is the first MC with Kenichiro Mogi in "TOKYO DESIGNERS WEEK.tv Kenichiro Mogi's idea IMAGINE", which is being broadcast every Monday from 23:00 on BS Nippon Television.
http://www.asamikiyokawa.com
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