In "TOKYO POP UNDERGROUND", Nanzuka cites the historical background unique to Japan and unravels the context of Japanese artists outside the framework of "art for art." Originally, in Japan up to Meiji period, most of the things considered by art and people were practical, and thus they developed together with popular culture. Books, folding screens, paintings on sliding-door panel, artefacts such as tea utensils and negoros, rooting as key chains, ukiyo-e as posters and bromides, and real artwork called "Ikiningyo", which was made for performances. And these "creatures" are originally "pop" because they are popular and are called "underground" in terms of academic art. In addition, in GLOBAL POP UNDERGROUND, the definition of Underground is now a counter to social situations in developed countries, which are now regarded as low for high, including Sex, Punk, Cyber, Science Fiction, Psychedelic, Street, and Manga/Otaku, which are now considered to be "low" to high (high). In other words, these can be called the trajectory of challenges to planned scenarios, protected values, and distorted and used civil emotions.

This exhibition JP POP UNDERGROUND is a miniature garden-like exhibition that has restarted from the ruins after the war and has been hit by several natural disasters, but is aiming for the future while overcoming the adversity. All Japanese artists who lived in the postwar period, such as Keiichi Tanaami, Hajime Sorayama, Harumi Yamaguchi, Toshio Saeki, and Hiroo Kikai, were not highly regarded in the Japanese art world until now due to their innovation and uniqueness. However, with the recent globalization of the art scene and the support of young artists, their reputation has been increasing again. I hope that this exhibition will be a singularity that embodies the intrinsic strength and intelligence of human creativity in the recent world situation, which has been hit by the threat of new viruses on a global scale.

NANZUKA
Makoto Minamizuka

■About NANZUKA UNDERGROUND
In 2005, he was established in Shibuya, Tokyo under the name of NANZUKA UNDERGROUND as an experimental gallery aiming to connect pop culture and contemporary art. Since then, he has been active as an academic gallery dealing with creativity in peripheral fields such as design, illustration, street, manga, fashion, music, etc. Keiichi Tanaami, Hajime Sorayama, Harumi Yamaguchi, and Toshio Saeki have been re-evaluated for many years outside the Japanese art scene, and strives to introduce them on the stage of international contemporary art.

In 2019, the "Tokyo Pop Underground" exhibition, which was held in collaboration with Jeffery Deitch, an American gallerist, became a major international topic as an exhibition that unravels the abyss of Japanese art under a new framework. At the same time, he also focuses on nurturing and supporting young and mid-tier artists from Japan and abroad, and holds exhibitions of leading overseas artists in Japan and overseas, embodying the present state of the global art scene.

■Special exhibition

Hajime Sorayama, which was exhibited at Shibuya PARCO and attracted big attention and attention both in Japan and overseas, has appeared in Shinsaibashi PARCO!

Scheduled from November 20 (Fri) to mid-January
Place Shinsaibashi PARCO 12F Waterfall Plaza　
※The photo is from the exhibition at Shibuya PARCO.　※The exhibition period is subject to change.　　

Installation view: GLOBAL POP UNDERGROUND,PARCO MUSEUM TOKYO, 2020
©Hajime Sorayama
Photo by Shigeru Tanaka Courtesy of NANZUKA　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

■Hajime Sorayama's "Sexy Robot floating" Gold ver. edition will be released by lottery!

During the exhibition period, 200 Gold ver. Limited editions of 200 Gold ver., which reproduces Hajime Sorayama's Sexy Robot floating in 1/4 size, will be sold in advance to customers who enter the exhibition hall.

●Product name
Sexy Robot floating _1/4 scale
Gold ver.  Authenticated by ZHEN.
PVC, gold plating-tone paint , resin + LED light
35x35 x 56cm
ed.1000

●Price
165,000 yen (tax included)　

※The image is an image.
※Products will be delivered around March 2021.　

Information on sales methods
Due to limited production, this product will be a lottery sale for customers who have entered the exhibition "JP POP UNDERGROUND".

※You can apply for a lottery once only for one entry (paid) per person.
※You can participate in the lottery at the PARCO EVENT HALL venue.
※Winning announcements will be announced only to those who have been elected after this exhibition.　　　

■NANZUKA POP UP STORE lottery sales products are released!

During the exhibition period, the following products will be sold by lottery to customers who enter the exhibition hall.

●BEARBRICK "SORAYAMA × Daniel Asham" 
100% & 400% Set
22,000 yen (tax included)

●BEARBRICK "Keiichi Tanaami"
100% & 400% Set 【BLACK】
15,400 yen (tax included)

●BEARBRICK "Keiichi Tanaami" 
100% & 400% Set 【RED】
15,400 yen (tax included)

●Keiichi Tanaami x MARC JACOBS
Skateboard deck
22,000 yen (tax included)

●Keiichi Tanaami x adidas Originals
Soccer ball

22,000 yen (tax included)

●HAJIME T-rex
66,000 yen (tax included)

●HAJIME XLARGE ROBOT GORILLA
77,000 yen (tax included)

※The image is an image.
※Products will be delivered around December 2020.　

Information on sales methods
Due to limited production, this product will be a lottery sale for customers who have entered the exhibition "JP POP UNDERGROUND".

※You can apply for lottery of one of the products per entry (paid) per person.
※You can participate in the lottery at the PARCO EVENT HALL venue.
※Winning announcements will be announced only to those who have been elected after this exhibition.

NANZUKA and PARCO collaborate to release exhibition-limited products with the works of participating artists printed, as well as "NANZUKA POP UP", which will release valuable products such as JPU-limited metal posters and stickers, and NANZUKA's collection items! In addition, we will sell related products, books, collections of works, etc.

※The image is an image.
※Product details and prices are subject to change.
※We cannot accept returns or exchanges of products for your convenience.

『JPU METAL POSTER』
ED.100 11,000 yen (tax included)

※Purchase restrictions: Up to 1 point per person per entry

『JPU STICKER』
1,100 yen (tax included)

『HAROSHI POSTER』
3,300 yen (tax included)

※This product is an open edition.

※Purchase restrictions: Up to 1 point per person per entry

<E-commerce sales information>

Orders will also be sold at the PARCO online store.

Click here to purchase.

Order acceptance start date: 11/22 (Sun) 10:00

[Purchase restrictions: up to 1 point per person]

※Scheduled to be shipped sequentially from early December 2020

『Hajime Sorayama JPU HOODIE』　
8,800 yen (tax included)
All 2 colors (White/Black)　
Size: M L XL

『Hajime Sorayama JPU L/S SHIRT』　
6,600 yen (tax included)
All 2 colors (White/Black) 　
Size: M L XL

『Harumi Yamaguchi JPU HOODIE 』　
8,800 yen (tax included)
All 2 colors (White/Black) 　
Size: M L XL

『Harumi Yamaguchi JPU L/S SHIRT』　
6,600 yen (tax included)　
All 2 colors (White/Black)　
Size: M L XL

『Keiichi Tanaami JPU HOODIE 』　
8,800 yen (tax included) 　
All 2 colors (White/Black) 　
Size: M L XL

『Keiichi Tanaami JPU L/S SHIRT』
6,600 yen (tax included)　
All 2 colors (White/Black)
Size: M L XL

『Yoshirotten JPU HOODIE 』　
8,800 yen (tax included)
All 2 colors (White/Black)
Size: M L XL

『Yoshirotten JPU L/S SHIRT』　
6,600 yen (tax included)　
All 2 colors (White/Black)　
Size: M L XL

『JPU HOODIE 』　
8,800 yen (tax included) 　
All 2 colors (White/Black) 　
Size: M L XL

『JPU L/S SHIRT』　
6,600 yen (tax included)　
All 2 colors (White/Black)　
Size: M L XL

■NANZUKA POPUP STORE
"NANZUKA POP UP", which sells valuable products such as NANZUKA's warehouse items and dead stock items, also appears! Valuable products related to participating artists will be gathered.
Some products will be sold by lottery. In addition, related books will be sold.

※Details of the products to be sold will not be disclosed.
※Contents are subject to change.

Akira Mishima | Akiyoshi Mishima
Born in Osaka in 1978, based in Tokyo. With mixed media, video, and installation as the main battlefield, he creates works that correlated diagrams of biological evolutionary themes such as intelligence, sense, and instinct struggle and evolution that are updated across generations, based on his own existence.

Hajime Sorayama | Hajime Sorayama
Born in Ehime Prefecture in 1947. Since the early 1970s, he has built a career as a pin-up illustrator using phenomenal realism as a weapon. The "Sexy Robot" series (1978-), which made the name known to the world, was an expression incorporating the beauty of women's human body into robots, and had a major impact on the subsequent image formation of robots.

Haloshi | Haroshi
Born in Tokyo in 1978. Lives and works in Tokyo. Since 2003, he has produced sculptures and installations using scrap wood from skateboard decks. The work, which is distinct from general recycling and can be called relief, has gained tremendous support as it embodies the depths of modern street culture.

Harumi Yamaguchi | Harumi Yamaguchi
Born in Shimane Prefecture. Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan. Participated in PARCO's advertising production as a freelance illustrator. Since 1972, he has used an airbrush to create a fresh and dignified image of women living in a new era, and has greatly influenced the way women should be in Japanese society through visual language.

Hiroo Kikai | Hiroh Kikai
Born in Yamagata Prefecture in 1945. After graduating from the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Letters, Hosei University, he decided to become a photographer through various occupations such as a truck driver, a deep-sea tuna fishing boat crew, and a dark room man.
He has been taking pictures of people he met in Asakusa since 1973, and in 2004 he won the 23rd Ken Domon Award for his photo book "PERSONA".

Hiroki Tsukuda | Hiroki Tsukuda
Born in Kagawa Prefecture in 1978. Based in Tokyo. We believe in the existence of a world that we call ourselves "another world" and take a method of reconstructing images. In recent years, his works have been collected at the Museum of Modern Art, and his international reputation has been rapidly enhanced.

Keiichi Tanaami | Keiichi Tanaami
Born in Tokyo in 1936. Since the 1960s, he has been active in creative activities across the boundaries of media and genres. In recent years, he has been working on the creation of "Mandala Figure", which describes his 80-year history based on his memories and dreams. Famous museums from all over the world, such as the Museum of Modern Art and the National Museum of Berlin, have a collection of works.

Mitsuichi Sato | Koichi Sato
Born in Tokyo in 1974. Based in New York. While growing up under the influence of a huge image full of television and sports magazines, he learned painting techniques by himself. He creates paintings that recreate various people, regardless of famous unknown, humorously with unique patterns and colors.

Masato Taniguchi | Makoto Taniguchi
Born in Tokyo in 1982. By repeatedly drawing similar images and not giving the characters a certain sense of reading, we continue to look for the way we humans should be before the spread and development of new technologies such as the Internet and artificial intelligence.

Masato Mori | Masato Mori
Born in Tokushima Prefecture in 1976. Creates a strange, contemporary and comical work reminiscent of outsider art. Cartoons, TV games, animations, etc. are the roots of one's aesthetic perspective. In recent years, he has been interested in themes such as pureness and heartlessness in art.

Mitsuhaku Kimura | Mitsunori Kimura
Born in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1983. He has produced sculptures with oil paint, wood sculptures and two-dimensional works using Cinnamomum camphora, installations, etc. Many motifs depict "animals" and "intermediate between humans and monkeys", and have a strong commitment to expressing animal hair using wood. Despite the innocent style like a child's work, it recalls life and death, evolution and change.

Ryuichi Ohira | Ryuichi Ohira
Born in 1982, raised in Chiba from Tokyo. It creates works from the decomposition and reconstruction of those that are non-physical but have been worshiped and worshiped since ancient times to the present, and those that affect people's behavior under unconsciousness.

Tetsuya Nakamura | Tetsuya Nakamura
Born in Chiba Prefecture in 1968. Beginning with the "replica series" released in 1998, he consistently pursues visual speed based on the theme of "speed" that symbolizes modern times, pursuing a streamlined shape like a racing car. He has been active in a wide range of activities, including designing wear for the Vancouver Olympics, the Sochi Olympics, and the Ryuge Japan National Team.

Tomoki Kurokawa | Tomoki Kurokawa
Born in Mie Prefecture in 1975, he is a unique artist who has studied painting on his own without receiving any higher education in art. Based on a strong rebellion spirit, he creates works that contain antitheses against existing values, such as how to visually betray common sense.

Toshio Saeki | Toshio Saeki
Born in Miyazaki Prefecture in 1945. He died November 21, 2019. It is internationally known for its unique work that mixes eros, humor, and horror. The view of the world is full of exciting gimmicks that surround us by exposing all sexual taboos.

Yoshirotone | YOSHIROTTEN
Born in Kagoshima Prefecture in 1983. Based in Tokyo. He creates works in various ways of expression that transcend genres, such as graphics, video, three-dimensional, installation, and music. He is also active internationally as an art director and designer.