Artist Yamaguchi uses the technique and approaches of traditional Japanese painting to open up new possibilities for contemporary art. His superbly detailed paintings reward close inspection. Take a closer look!
At first glance it looks like a traditional Japanese painting. But a closer look at the details reveals a brilliantly conceived world where past, present, and future intermingle: a captivating and elaborately composed imaginary world that captures the viewer’s imagination.
Yamaguchi Akira is a rising star on the contemporary art scene with an aesthetic and a sensibility uniquely his own. We hope you enjoy your visit to his world.
“Horse for Open-Air Tea Ceremony”
“Tokei (Tokyo): Hiroo and Roppongi”
“Department Store: New Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi”
“Horse Stable”
“Subway Diagram”
“New One Hundred Views of Tokyo: Proposition for the Renovation of Tokyo Station (First version)”
“Postmodern Silly Battle: Headquarters of the Silly Forces”
“Video Player Remote Control/ Spaceship”
“Video Player Remote Control/ Spaceship”
“From the Announcements of NHK’s Digital Broadcasting Start”
“Horse Stable 2004”
“Scenes of Kurashiki and Kotohira”
“Staircase of Amusements”
“Tokio Shan shui: Tokyo Landscapes 2012 (detail)”
“Original Painting for a Mural: Narita International Airport Terminal 1, South Wing, 4th Floor Narita International Airport: View of Flourshing New South Wing”
“Original Painting for a Mural: Narita International Airport Terminal 1, South Wing, 4th Floor Narita International Airport: Various Curious Scenes of Airplanes”
“Last Supper”(Originally written in Japanese. Editorial assistance provided by the Mizuma Art Gallery.)
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