Sojiro Takamura「カップヌードルカレー　見返り美人図」　No. 12 Enso, 60.6 cm in diameter　Acrylic on silk Sojiro Takamura「金鳥の渦巻　微煙」　41.0×41.0cm 4S　Acrylic paint and metallic powder on Torinoko paper Sojiro Takamura「カップヌードル両国花火15号M」　65.2×45.5cm　No. 15 M　acrylic paint on Torinoko paper Daisuke Funaki「頼りすぎ。」　H41×W12×D12cm　Painted Wood Carvings Daisuke Funaki「心をしなない。」　H69×W31×D20cm　Painting on cypress wood Daisuke Funaki「勇気を出しても生えないこともある。」　H64.5×W23×D25cm　Painting on cypress wood

Despite its growing global popularity in recent years, many people say that they simply "don't understand" contemporary art. Sojiro Takamura makes it more accessible to viewers, harnessing traditional skills and techniques infused with uniquely Japanese precision and detail to communicate more intuitively through his works of contemporary art without sacrificing established visual conventions. Takamura has attracted widespread attention for his Cup Noodles series, which builds on the ideas behind the Campbell's Soup Cans series by modern artist Andy Warhol. In addition, he is an active participant in the Kudoyama Art Festival, Art Fair Tokyo, and other such festivals and events. In contrast, Daisuke Funaki, a graduate of the Tohoku University of Art & Design Graduate School, has garnered widespread praise for his three-dimensional art resulting from a pursuit of new possibilities in sculptures of human figures. He takes part in Japan's largest art event, the Japan Media Arts Festival hosted by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, and throughout his works Funaki utilizes irony-rich expression tied to era-specific characteristics while maintaining an unwavering focus on his Japanese identity. In addition, he is widely recognized for his efforts to popularize art in Japan through magazine publication, guest appearances on radio programs, and his founding of Art Studio Petite-Poupée, among other projects. This duo exhibition offers exciting looks at the energetic expression found in both pictorial and three-dimensional art.

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🔶Sojiro Takamura

1965 in der Präfektur Osaka geboren
1988 Abschluss in japanischer Malerei an der Städtischen Kunsthochschule Kyoto
2013 ASIA CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW (JW Marriott Hotel, Hongkong, CHINA) / Affordable Art Fair (F1 Pit Building No. 1, Republic Boulevard, SINGAPUR)
2014: AHAF SEOUL 2014 (Lotte Hotel Seoul, Korea)
2015: YUMI KATSURA GLORIOUS RIMPA (PAVILLON VENDÔME, Frankreich) / 6. Nikkei-Preis für japanische Malerei (Ueno-no-Mori-Kunstmuseum, Tokio)
2016 COSMOPOLITAN CULTURES&FINE ART FAIR (Venetian Macao, CHINA) / Veröffentlichung in der „Shogakukan Nihon Bijutsu Zenshu“ (Band 20)
2023 Art Fair Tokyo (Tokyo International Forum)

Öffentliche Sammlungen
Nissin Foods Holdings, Kunstmuseum der Stadt Toyohashi
Kunstmuseum der Präfektur Tochigi, Dai Nippon Jochugiku Co., Ltd. (Kincho)

 

 

🔶Daisuke Funaki

2000: Teilnahme am Medienkunstfestival der Kulturbehörde; Teilnahme an der Ausstellung „Kotoba-ten“
2001: Teilnahme an der Eröffnungsausstellung der Galerie „Gonfrena“
2002: Einzelausstellung „Shinsho Ningyo-ten“; Teilnahme an GEISAI-1
2008: Teilnahme an GEISAI MUSEUM #2
2009: Teilnahme an GEISAI #12
2009: Super Competition (NEW YORK ouchi gallery)
2014: SELECT art fair (Altman Building, NY) / Fresh of the Rocket Ship (HELLION Gallery, Oregon) / Master Blaster of Sculpture 6 (HIVE Gallery, LA)　
2015: Erotic and Non-themed Show (HIVE Gallery, LA) / Hive 10 Year Anniversary (HIVE Gallery, LA) / Master Blaster of Sculpture 7 (HIVE Gallery, LA)
2017: Hive 12 Year Anniversary (HIVE Gallery, LA) / politically / Theme Show (HIVE Gallery, LA)