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Tatsumi Orimoto “Art x Life”
Kawasaki City Museum
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Tatsumi Orimoto
The performance artist Tatsumi Orimoto, a resident of Kawasaki, has been at the forefront of contemporary art for more than 40 years. His international presence includes a show at the Venice Biennale. His works are full of unique ideas with the power to surprise. For instance in “Bread Man” from the 1990s, he attached baguettes to his body and travelled the world holding performances with local people he encountered along the way. In the late 1990s, he became known worldwide for his “Art Mama” series in which his mother, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and for whom Orimoto is a caretaker, makes appearances. These collaborations with his beloved mother have been picked up by the media, appearing on TV and in newspapers.
Orimoto’s works are born out of spontaneous interactions with all kinds of people, from those he meets on travels around the world, to his mother, to the elderly and the hospitalized. Some of his performances also involve animals including rabbits, pigs, birds, alpacas, ducks, and fish. His ground-breakingly creative world turns communication with all forms of life into art. Through film, photography, graphics, drawings, and other works, this exhibition introduces Orimoto’s ever-expanding creativity from the 1990s through today.
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Kids’ Workshop “Anything Can Be a Canvas!”
Date: May 5 (Thurs) 13:00–15:30
Admission: 500 yen
For elementary school students & up. Early-grade elementary schoolers should be accompanied by guardians.
Reservations required.
Talk “Get to Know Tatsumi Orimoto”
Speakers: Tatsumi Orimoto and art journalist Rika Yamashita
Date: May 7 (Sat) 14:00–15:30
Reservations required.
New Performance by Tatsumi Orimoto “Wheelchair Stress”
Date: Jun. 11 (Sat) 14:00–15:00
All events in Japanese. Please see the official website for details and information on more related events.
Orimoto’s works are born out of spontaneous interactions with all kinds of people, from those he meets on travels around the world, to his mother, to the elderly and the hospitalized. Some of his performances also involve animals including rabbits, pigs, birds, alpacas, ducks, and fish. His ground-breakingly creative world turns communication with all forms of life into art. Through film, photography, graphics, drawings, and other works, this exhibition introduces Orimoto’s ever-expanding creativity from the 1990s through today.
[Related Event]
Kids’ Workshop “Anything Can Be a Canvas!”
Date: May 5 (Thurs) 13:00–15:30
Admission: 500 yen
For elementary school students & up. Early-grade elementary schoolers should be accompanied by guardians.
Reservations required.
Talk “Get to Know Tatsumi Orimoto”
Speakers: Tatsumi Orimoto and art journalist Rika Yamashita
Date: May 7 (Sat) 14:00–15:30
Reservations required.
New Performance by Tatsumi Orimoto “Wheelchair Stress”
Date: Jun. 11 (Sat) 14:00–15:00
All events in Japanese. Please see the official website for details and information on more related events.
Schedule | Apr 29 (Fri) 2016-Jul 3 (Sun) 2016 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥700, Students and 65 & Up ¥600, Junior High Students & Younger Free | ||||
| Venue | Kawasaki City Museum https://www.kawasaki-museum.jp/  | ||||
| Location | 1-2 Todoroki, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-0052 | ||||
| Access | From the North exit of Musashi-Kosugi Station on the JR, Tokyu Toyoko or Tokyu Meguro line, take the Kawasaki City bus and get off at Shimin Museum Mae. | ||||
| Phone | 0447122800 | ||||
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