Taro Okamoto "Tomorrow's Myth Project"

Nittele Plaza Zerosta Hiroba

Finished

Artists

Taro Okamoto

"Tomorrow's Myth" is a mural that Taro Okamoto worked on from 1968-69 for a Mexican industrialist. At 5.5m x 30m, it is Okamoto's largest work, and is considered to complement "The Tower of the Sun", the symbol of Osaka Expo in 1970.
The mural depcts the split second that the atomic bomb went off, serving as a message for the future, as Okamoto believed that while that moment brought great misery to the human race, it also meant the birth of "tomorrow's myth".
The mural was intended to decorate of the lobby of a new hotel, which was never completed due to financial reasons. After the client passed away, the mural was taken down and eventually became lost before Toshiko Okamoto, Taro's partner, discovered it in 2003. She succeeded in negotiating with its owner, bringing it home to Japan in 2005 where a large-scale restoration project began.

Schedule

Jul 1 (Sat) 2006-Aug 31 (Thu) 2006