Title

Twenty Years After the Death of Tokihiro Tanemura: A Fantastical Art Corridor

Date

Part 1 Thursday, August 29, 2024 - Sunday, September 8, 2024
Part 2 Saturday, September 14, 2024 – Tuesday, September 24, 2024
*Closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays 9/4, 5, 18, 19

Time

11: 00-19: 00 (until 17:00 on the last day)

Venue

Span art gallery

Kimuraya Building 3F, 2-5-22 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Post-cord 104-0031

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Outline

On August 29, 2024, it will be 20 years since Tokihiro Tanemura passed away. In 2023, Chinese versions of "Devil Worship", "Anatomy of a Monster", and "Vampire Fantasy" will be published in China, and I am very happy that his name is still spreading. I remember Tanemura laughing and saying, "I'll be resurrected 50 or 60 years after I die." In this 20th anniversary exhibition, we will develop the theme of "The Strange World of Tokihiro Tanemura" from three works published in China. Based on the theme, we have reached out to artists who were close to Tanemura at the time, as well as artists who Tokihiro Tanemura liked during his lifetime. This exhibition will represent the period from when Tokihiro Tanemura was alive to the present. I hope that visitors will remember those days as if they had just met, make new encounters, and make this exhibition a memorable one. I hope that this exhibition will allow you to fully enjoy the world of Tokihiro Tanemura. In one space, "The Strange World of Tokihiro Tanemura" will be exhibited in collaboration with other writers who were close friends in the past. Original manuscripts, including letters, fountain pens, and glasses that Tokihiro Tanemura used during his lifetime, will also be on display.

Participating artists

Part 1: Itsuko Koichi Iyoda/Miyako Ishiuchi/Koichi Iyoda/Akira Uno/Takuro Okuda/Kuniyoshi Kaneko/ Hiroaki Kuwabara /Sawako Goda/Michiko Ima/Mari Shimizu/Sui Yumeshima/Osashi Tateishi/Koichi Tanigawa/Nori Doi/Midori Hayashi/Kaoru Mori/Hiroko Mori/Hiroshi Nakamura/Yuri Nonaka/Simon Yotsuya/Tatsuhiko Yokoo/Tadanori Yokoo/Ryuji Watanabe/H. Bellmer/F. Meckseper

Part 2: Genpei Akasegawa/Taishi Akiyama/Tatsuo Ikeda/Yutoku Ichihara/Yosuke Inoue/Yuyu Konno/K/Toshio Saeki/Ushio Shinohara/Teru Seto/Hajime Sorayama/ Tama /Tonus Pumpkinradamus/ Hajime Sorayama /Kishi Niwa/em Nishizuka/ Tatsufumi Niwa Hosoe/Naoko Mashima/Suehiro Maruo/Etsuko Miura/Hyōgo Mino/Koromo/Takato Yamamoto/Tatsumi Yoshino/Erick Kroll/F=S Sonnenstem

Sales Information

"Tanemura Toshihiro: Heretical Fragment Collection: A Corridor of Fantasy Art"
Publisher: Geijutsu Shinbunsha (Price: 3,630 yen)
224 pages/A5 format
They will be sold at the venue.

About the sales method

Sales will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
The following artists will be selling their works by lottery.
Koichi Iyoda, Hiroaki Kuwabara, Sui Yumeshima
Applications will be accepted at the store from 11:00 to 19:00 on the first day, August 29th (Thursday), 30th (Friday), 31st (Saturday), and September 1st (Sunday). Please note that we cannot accept applications by phone or email. Winners will be contacted by 12:00 on September 2nd (Monday).