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Tarō Okamoto

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Taro Okamoto

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1911-02-26 （Futako, Takatsu Village, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan (now Futako, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki)）
死没
1996-01-07 （Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan (Keio University Hospital)） 84歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
artist, writer
活動期間
1930年〜1996年
影響を受けた人物
Ippei Okamoto, Kanoko Okamoto, Marcel Mauss, Pablo Picasso, Mircea Eliade, Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros
影響を与えた人物
Gerda Taro (noted as influenced), Many contemporary Japanese artists and designers

学歴

Tokyo School of Fine Arts (former)
Oil Painting (left before graduation)
期間: 1929（入学） - 中退
国: Japan
Entered but did not complete; later formative study and activity took place in France
University of Paris (Sorbonne)
Philosophy / Aesthetics / Ethnology (auditor) / Philosophy / Ethnology (auditor)
期間: 1930年代（主に1932–1940頃滞在・聴講）
国: France
No formal degree confirmed. Attended lectures including those by Marcel Mauss.

受賞歴

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Officier)
1984
主催: Government of France
結果: 受章
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Commandeur)
1989
主催: Government of France
結果: 受章
Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
1961
対象作品: The Forgotten Japan — Okinawan Cultural Theory
主催: Mainichi Newspapers
結果: 受賞
Buzzword Award (Quoted Phrase)
1981
対象作品: "Art is explosion" (famous phrase)
主催: Buzzword Award Organizers
結果: 受賞（語録賞）

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

A Wounded Arm

1936年 oil painting / painting

An influential oil painting from his stay in France, showing Surrealist and abstract influences; considered an important early work.

sufferingphysicalityprimitive imagery

Myth of Tomorrow

1968年 mural (large-scale oil painting)

A large mural created during his stay in Mexico addressing themes of war and renewal; after being lost and later restored, it has been publicly exhibited and reappraised.

warregenerationmythic quality

Tower of the Sun

1970年 sculpture / architectural monument

An iconic monumental work created as the theme pavilion for Expo '70 in Osaka; preserved in the Expo Commemoration Park and regarded as one of his masterpieces.

sunfestivitypublic art

全著作

  • Today's Art
  • Youthful Picasso
  • Japan's Tradition
  • The Forgotten Japan — Okinawan Cultural Theory
  • Keep Poison in Yourself

翻案

  • Film 'Uchujin Tokyo ni Arawaru' - color direction / design collaboration

作風・主題

文体
provocative, declarative voicedidactic, essayistic expression
頻出モチーフ
sunprimitive / Jomon motifsfaces / masks

健康

  • Parkinson's disease
    晩年
    Affected his health in later years and contributed to acute respiratory failure at the end of his life.

評価・遺産

Through public sculptures, murals, and accessible writings, he became a leading figure of postwar Japanese art. Works such as 'Tower of the Sun' and 'Myth of Tomorrow' remain widely known, and the phrase "Art is explosion" entered popular culture.

記念館・博物館

  • Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki Ikuta Ryokuchi, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan 1999年開館
  • Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo (former residence & studio) 1998年開館

資料所蔵先

  • Archive at Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki
  • Collections at Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum

大衆文化への影響

  • "Art is explosion" became a widely quoted popular phrase
  • Re-evaluations through TV, commercials and exhibitions have kept his recognition across generations

引用

  • Art is explosion
    出典: Television appearances / commercials (widely quoted) (1981年)
  • Death is a festival
    出典: Statement (later years)

豆知識

  • Height 156 cm
  • Blood type O
  • Designed the obverse of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics participation medal
  • Created many public monuments during his life and has been reappraised posthumously