WONDERWALL

Exhibition "The Encyclopedia of Masamichi Katayama—Life is hard... Let’s go shopping."

April 2017 - Tokyo Operacity Art Gallery

from Exhibition's Website:
Wonderwall’s Masamichi Katayama is one of the hottest interior designers on the global scene. His strength lies in the ability to conceptualize distinctive environments that enhances the vision and branding clients aspire, creating environment that would touch the subconscious of the consumer and occupant. His many projects include Uniqlo’s global flagship stores (New York, Paris, London, Ginza and other locations), INTERSECT BY LEXUS (Aoyama, Dubai and soon NYC), UNITED ARROWS (Roppongi), PASS THE BATON (Marunouchi, Omotesando, Kyoto Gion) and PIERRE HERMÉ PARIS Aoyama. Katayama also has a reputation as a collector. A visit to his studio, Wonderwall, reveals an office crammed with his massive collection of books and CDs, together with antiques that he has picked up on his travels, furniture by designers such as Jean Prouvé and Charlotte Perriand and contemporary art by international artists such as Ryan Gander, Simon Fujiwara and Takashi Murakami. Coinciding with the 25th year of Masamichi Katayama’s design career, this exhibition presents his collection. Katayama himself considers how the collection can best be displayed in the context of an Art Museum to explore where his interests lie and the essence of creation that the collection embodies.
http://www.operacity.jp/en/ag/exh/upcoming_exhibitions/index.php

[Information]
The Encyclopedia of Masamichi Katayama “Life is hard... Let's go shopping.”
Saturday, 8 April – Sunday, 25 June, 2017

Venue:Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
Open hours:11:00 - 19:00 (to 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. Entry up to 30 minutes before closing)
Closed on Mondays
Admission:adult 1200 [1000] yen / university and high school students 800 [600] yen / junior high and under: free

For inquiries: 03-5777-8600 (NTT Hello Dial)
Organiser : Tokyo Opera City Cultural Foundation

  • art direction: Naomi Hirabayashi photo: Mitsuo Okamoto

  • Ryan Gander 《Rietveld reconstruction – Ejiro》　2007 photo: Keizo Kioku

  • Adrian Ghenie 《THE COLLECTOR 4》2009© Adrian Ghenie Courtesy of Galeria Plan B photo: The Artist

  • Tomoo Gokita 《General Emotionality》 2008 ©Tomoo Gokita

  • On Kawara《”Friday” JULY 14, 2000 “TODAY” series No.26》2000 photo: Kei Okano

  • KAWS　《Untitled (MBFB7)》2014 ©KAWS photo: Farzad Owang

  • Jean Prouvé《Standard Desk》1941

  • unknown 《Statue of a Saint》 late half of the 18th century photo: Kei Okano

  • Rickenbacker guitar previously owned by Ichiro Yamaguchi photo: Kei Okano

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