The Taro Okamoto Contemporary Art Award (commonly known as the TARO Award) was founded by Toshiko Okamoto, who inherited the spirit of Taro Okamoto, and annually honors artists who have opened up new aspects of art with free thought. The 27th winners were announced at the Taro Okamoto Museum in Kawasaki City.
A total of 22 teams stood out from 621 participating teams.
The winners are as follows.
Takeshi Ikeda, Kenta Ogawara, Nagasuki, Yushi House Executive Committee, Kyoshi Koyama, Clementine Nutt, Tsukiko Society, Kumiko Koyama, Gorilla Park, Suzuki Zeng Huiru, Nomura Shiori, Hayashi Kairen, Florian Gaden, Hitomi Triangle, Murao Murakami, Ryuyuki Yokozen, Toyoran Yokoyama, and Li Hanki.
This year, he received the Taro Okamoto Award. Hitomi Triangle won the Toshiko Okamoto Award. The judges are Noi Tsubaki and Hiroshi Yamashita.
Second, and Dolly Hao.
1. Hirano Akitomi (Director of Taro Okamoto Memorial Hall) and Akiji Hijikata (Director of Taro Okamoto Art Museum) received a prize of 2 million yen, and Hitomi Triangular received a prize of 1 million yen.
Born today
Born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1981. He graduated from Cheng'an University of Art and Design in 2004. He is currently an artist living in Kumamoto. The award-winning work, Life Today is a large, three-dimensional work depicting a residential complex made of cardboard. The author describes the work as "another world I created when I was a child, when I couldn't live my own life," adding, "I feel like half of my life has been affirmed by this award." The world is still getting bigger. ”
The examiner's evaluation of the work was as follows. It is the name of the 'town' where the author lived all his life. In this sense, it may not just be a 'work', but something created by the author's own hands. This is certainly true. The work created by the author transcends the work and becomes the creator himself. There's a sense of realism here that makes you realize that. Also pay attention to the detailed descriptions of the various materials. ”
Triangular pupil "This is a life." this is our life.》
Hitomi Triangea, winner of the Toshiko Award, was born in Nagano Prefecture in 1988. Graduated from the Graduate School of the Tokyo University of the Arts. This time, the work "This is a life." this is our life.It is a piece of polyester cloth embroidered with countless human faces, which represents the image of a person, "a genetically bound existence", and an irresistible essence. It is said that this is an objective representation of the blueprint.
Inspector Hijikata's comment: "Hitomi triangular was selected for the 19th Taro Award Exhibition. The work at that time was an installation composed of countless figures. A large number of disorderly stacked figures force the existence of individuals in modern society. This time it is an embroidery work, with a human face on the front and a red thread representing genes on the back, suggesting that the body is just a container, as if countless "individuals" embroidered on a thin cloth fold each other. The combination of the content of the presentation, the fresh approach and the presentation results in a convincing work. ”
The winners of the Special Prize are as follows:
Takeshi Ikeda, Nagasuki Hatsu, Kyoshi Koyama, Clementine Nutt, Tsukikosha, Kumiko Koyama, Zeng Huiru, Florian Gaden, Riki Murakami.
This year's awards are unprecedented. All selected works will be exhibited at the 27th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art (TARO Award) exhibition until April 14.
Takeshi Ikeda, Space X
Chang Xue 恫 ".
Koyama Kyoshi "Nothing".
Florian Gaden, "Anomalies Poétiques Poetry Anomalous".
clementine nut《pot plants!》
Moonlight Society "Musakari".
Kumiko Koyama, "March, Hitachi National Anglerfish Food".
zeng huiru《back to me》
Little Birds, Distant Rings, Ringing Sounds
Riki Murakami, "School".
For this year's work, the judges gave the following evaluation:
There are a lot of works this year that I find empowering. The Taro Okamoto Award is called 'contemporary art', but it is not the same as 'contemporary art'. Taro loves art. This is because it is the only thing that can touch an infinite world. This time, I chose what opened that door. (Takigi Noki).
The TARO Award is an award that has no trends and countermeasures. Last year, we were very disappointed that we were unable to hand out the Grand Prize or Semi-Jackpot, and we were concerned about the future of the awards. But this year's level is very high, and judging from the first round of judging, we are very satisfied. There are a lot of vibrant works. (Yuji Yamashita).
It turned out to be a very good exhibition. This year, the winning and non-winning entries are very close and of very high quality. (and Dolly Koichi).
These are works that have gone through 30 times the difficulty, and are brought together by talented artists. You can see works with a destructive power that you can't see in other contemporary art exhibitions. (Akiji Hijikata).
The 27th Taro Okamoto Modern Art Appreciation (Taro Awards) Exhibition
Dates: February 17, 2024 and April 14, 2024.
Venue: Kawasaki City Okamoto Taro Art Museum.
Address: 7-1-5, Kamagata-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa
Hours: 9:30 17:00 and 16:30
Closed: March 21.
Fee: 700 yen for general college students over 65 years old 500 yen for junior high school students and below.
If you are interested, don't miss it!
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