Tadanori Yokoo Museum of Contemporary Art 10th Anniversary Exhibition: A Look Back at Past Exhibitions

　The Tadanori Yokoo Museum of Contemporary Art (3 Haradadori, Nada-ku, Kobe; TEL 078-855-5607 ) will open its third exhibition, “Tadanori Yokoo: Manpuku Manpuku,” on January 28 to celebrate its 10th anniversary.

Exhibition view of “Tadanori Yokoo: The Illustrated Book of Animals” (2013)

　The museum keeps works donated and deposited by Tadanori Yokoo, an artist from Nishiwaki City, Hyogo Prefecture. The museum opened in November 2012 after renovating the west wing of the Oji Branch of the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art (formerly the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art) in order to allow more people to appreciate Yokoo’s works. The museum has been promoting the appeal of Yokoo’s works both in Japan and abroad, centering on its collection, and has held various exhibitions related to Yokoo.

　This exhibition is also a self-parody of the exhibition held ten years ago to commemorate the museum’s opening, “Tadanori Yokoo: Repetition, Repetition, Repetition. Previous exhibitions held at the museum include “Tadanori Yokoo: The Illustrated Book of Animals” (2013), “Perspective of Memory: Kishin Shinoyama Photographing Tadanori Yokoo” (2014), “Tadanori Yokoo: Cut and Paste, Cut and Paste,” (2015), and “Welcome! Yokoo Hot Springs Village” (2016 and 2017), “Tadanori Yokoo Inventory Clearance Exhibition” (2018), “Tadanori Yokoo: The Great Public Production Theater – Today, an Incident at the Museum” (2019), “Hyogo Prefecture Yokoo Emergency Hospital Exhibition” and “Tadanori Yokoo’s Emergency Declaration” (2020), and 30 other exhibitions in chronological order. The exhibition consists of a digest, with 261 works lined up in a limited exhibition space.

　On February 18, March 18, and April 15 (2:00 – 2:45 p.m. each day), the museum’s curator, Atsuo Yamamoto, will give a “Curator’s Talk” at the museum’s open studio, explaining the highlights of the exhibition. Capacity is limited to the first 30 people who arrive. Admission is free.

　Yamamoto said, “Since its opening, the museum has shed light on Yokoo’s art from various angles. It is like a kind of experimental field that reflects the artist’s spirit of seeking constant transformation. The chaotic space, in which he has tried to pack his works to the limit, symbolizes the endless energy of Yokoo, who continues to work energetically even after his 86th birthday,” he says.

　Hours: 10:00 – 18:00. Closed on Mondays. Admission is ¥700 for adults, ¥550 for university students, ¥350 for those aged 70 and over, and free for high school students and younger.