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- Chiharu Shiota. Installation artist Chiharu Shiota explores feelings of anxiety, silence, and memory through her large-scale works. She uses thousands of black, red, or white threads, carefully strung and interwoven together to cover entire rooms.
- Takashi Murakami. From smiling flowers to stylized characters, Takashi Murakami’s cheerful motifs are recognizable all over the world. He’s the founder of the artistic movement Superflat, a style characterized by bold outlines, flat colors, and a lack of perspective and depth.
- Yoshitomo Nara. Tokyo-based artist Yoshitomo Nara first gained recognition during Japan’s Pop Art movement in the 1990s and has since had almost 40 solo exhibitions worldwide.
- Yasumasa Morimura. Appropriation artist Yasumasa Morimura is famous for borrowing images and figures from history and recreating them with his own face and body.
- Jes Kalled
- Yokoyama Taikan. © Yokoyama Taikan, Autumn Leaves, 1931, Adachi Mus eum of Art.
- Yayoi Kusama. © Yayoi Kusama, Vuitton Shop Window.
- Hokusai. South Wind, Clear Sky, Katsushika Hokusai.
- Utagawa Hiroshige. © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido.
- Yurie Nagashima. B. 1973, Tokyo. Lives and works in Tokyo. Yurie Nagashima, Onion, 2005. Courtesy of Maho Kubota Gallery. Yurie Nagashima, Poppy #2, 2019.
- Yasumasa Morimura. B. 1951, Osaka. Lives and works in Osaka. Yasumasa Morimura 森村 泰昌. A Requiem: Red Dream/Mao, 2007. Luhring Augustine. Price on request.
- Chikako Yamashiro. B. 1976, Okinawa. Lives and works in Okinawa. Your voice came out through my throat, 2009. Contemporary Jewish Museum. Chikako Yamashiro’s artistic practice amplifies the transcultural and political space of her native Okinawa.
- Meiro Koizumi. B. 1976, Gunma. Lives and works in Yokohama. Portrait of a Young Samurai, 2009. Future Generation Art Prize. Meiro Koizumi’s performance-based video works explore the relationship between the nation and the community, as well as the group and the individual.
Nov 2, 2018 · From Takashi Murakami’s Superflat movement to Yayoi Kusama’s polka-dotted universe, to collaborative and performative approaches to visual media and the futuristic use of technology in art practices, we profile 10 must-know Japanese contemporary artists.
- Hans Liu
- The Secrets of In Silence by Chiharu Shiota. © Chiharu Shiota, In Silence.
- How the Pumpkin Reveals Yayoi Kusama’s Childhood. © Yayoi Kusama.
- Takashi Murakami's Contemporary Sculpture Takes on Versailles! © Takashi Murakami, Flower Matange at the Palace of Versailles.
- Yoshitomo Nara Searches for Answers in Tragedy. © Yoshimoto Nara. This subversive painting by Yoshitomo Nara was created right after the Tohoku tsunami disaster in 2011.
Sep 18, 2018 · Today, Japan’s living artists continue to produce work whose impact is felt far beyond the island’s boundaries. Blockbuster names like Pop pioneer Yayoi Kusama, avant-garde performance artist Yoko Ono, and the manga-inspired painter-sculptor Takashi Murakami have indelibly influenced art and visual culture across the globe. While they might ...
Yayoi Kusama (草間 彌生, Kusama Yayoi, born 22 March 1929) is a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation, and is also active in painting, performance, video art, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts.
