Osaka Art & Design 2023Osaka Art & Design 2023

programs

Taro Okamoto / Not Banksy / Romero Britto
「Living with Art」

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dates
Wed.May 31,2023 - Tue.Jun.13,2023
hours
10:00 - 20:00
location
Hankyu Department Store 7F Livingware

Contemporary art is available in sales areas on the Living Floor. Why not experience the richness of a life surrounded by art? For those who are new to art, explanatory tours by sales floor staff are also available. African fabrics with vivid colors and unique designs are also available.

artist profile

Taro Okamoto

Japanese artist, sculptor, painter, architect, designer, and social activist. Known as a member of the “Japonisme” art group founded in 1948. His works, characterized by their uniquely modern expressiveness and fusion of Eastern and Western elements, have won him great acclaim both in Japan and abroad. His best-known work is “Tower of the Sun” .

Not Banksy

Artist. Using familiar materials such as wood boards as canvases, he produces canvas works and editions with BANKSY spray-painted on them. Following a few breaks from his activities, he held his first solo exhibition, Banksy vs Kazimir Malevich 1913-2018, in London.In 2021, he held his first solo exhibition in Japan, “Lies, Cheating, Stealing, and the Death of Art in the Land of the Rising Sun”.

Romero Britto

A Brazilian contemporary artist, painter, serigrapher and sculptor, he combines elements of Cubism, Pop Art, and graffiti painting in his work, using vivid colors and bold patterns as a visual expression of hope, dreams, and happiness.

gallery

Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store

8-7 Kakuda-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-8350
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https://www.hankyu-dept.co.jp/honten/