ikko tanaka
25.08.03
Posted by Jun
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ikko tanaka
昨日は木場にある東京都現代美術館で田中一光さんの回顧展に行ってきました。1949年の京都芸大の卒業製作から2000年の無印までたくさんのポスターが展示されてました。ロゴもいろいろ手掛けていて「あ、コレもアレもなの!」という感じ。随分と幅広い活躍だったんだなぁと再確認。でももっと見たかった。
We went to the museum of contemporary art tokyo in Kiba to see the exhibition of "Ikko Tanaka: A Restropective". Showing lots of posters from 1949 (final work @ the Kyoto University of Arts) to 2000 (MUJI' poster) and many corporate identities which we automatically recognised. I wanted to see more.


more:
おもしろかったのは彼の仕事机を再現したもの。かなり整理整頓された机でした。私にはあり得ない。展示デザインは田中さんと親交の深かった建築家・ 安藤忠雄さんとの事でしたが、彼の作風(直島行きたい!)とはちょっと違うペットボトルを使うという以外なもの。空のボトル(サントリーの提供)を縦にも横にもズラーッと繋げて壁や棚として使ってました。キラキラしてキレイ。一見、ペットボトルとはわからなかった。カーステンはコレ買えたらいいのにねぇと言ってました。
It was interesting to see a reproduction of his neat + tidy working desk. It shows his character. The space design was done by his friend Tadao Ando the architect. It was quite different from his work (I wanna visit Naoshima!). He connected many empty plastic drink bottles and using them as a wall or a shelf. It has a great reflection of light and very beautiful. I didn't know what that was in the begining. Carsten said it would be nice if we could buy them.

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Comments:
paul wrote:
Hey, I went there too and loved it. Tadao's work sure was suprising but in the end i thought it was so nice and refreshing and saved the exhibition from being too bold, too much and boring. About Naoshima, my best friend Raphael went there last december when he came to Japan with his girlfriend and they really loved it. if you want i can tell him to give you a brief account to entice you even more.

Jun wrote:
Naoshima' website enticed me enough! Thanx.

Mimi wrote:
Ikko tanaka's artwork had always been an area of interest to me.

Jun wrote:
Hi Mimi, I really like his works too!






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