Keiichi Tanaami. Venus Over Manhattan

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"Ecstasy of Eyes," 2022. Pigmented ink, acrylic silk-screen medium, crushed glass, glitter, acryl-ic paint on canvas; Diptych, each panel: 57 x 39 3/8 in (145 x 100 cm) Overall: 57 x 78 3/4 in (145 x 200 cm). O 2022 Keiichi Tanaami. Courtesy the artist and NANZUKA, Tokyo, and Venus Over Manhattan, New York. Detail of Keiichi Tanaami, "Earthly Paradise A," 2022. Pigment-ed ink, acrylic silkscreen medium, crushed glass, glitter, acrylic paint on canvas; 60 x 40 in (153 x 100 cm). © 2022 Keiichi Tanaami. Courtesy the artist and NANZUKA, Tokyo, and Venus Over Manhattan, New York.

Revered in Japan as a leading figure of postwar art and progenitor of the Japanese Pop and Superflat movements, 86 year-old Keiichi Tanaami will unveil an optically dazzling suite of new large-scale paintings in his first exhibition with Venus Over Manhattan. Tanaami’s art is celebrated for its unbridled approach to form, intensity of color, and almost dizzying layers of canny cultural references ranging from ukiyo-e to Disney. This exhibition, the artist’s first in New York since 2016, will also present new animations alongside a dozen monumental canvases in a prelude to Tanaami’s forthcoming European museum survey in 2023/2024.

Venus Over Manhattan

55 Great Jones Street NYC

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