Kazuo Umezz The Great Art Exhibition* 

28 January – 25 March 2022
Tokyo City View (Roppongi Hills)

*”Kazuo Umezz The Great Art Exhibition” (sic) is the English title of “楳図かずお大美術展”

 

Tokyo City View at Roppongi Hills will host a show to explore the fantastic art of Kazuo Umezz beyond manga.

「楳図かずお大美術展」キービジュアル
©楳図かずお

About “Kazuo Umezz The Great Art Exhibition”

For the coming show at Tokyo City View, four major works have been selected to delve into the art and artistry of Umezz: “The Drifting Classroom“, “I am Shingo“, “Fourteen” and his latest work “ZOKU-SHINGO 小さなロボット シンゴ美術館” (ZOKU-SHINGO:  Little Robot Shingo’s Art Museum )**.

**Not official translation

◆ ZOKU-SHINGO: Little Robot Shingo’s Art Museum

Twenty-seven years after the publication of “Fourteen” in the 1990s, Umezz brought forth “ZOKU-SHINGO: Little Robot Shingo’s Art Museum”, to be displayed to the public for the first time at this show.

“Zoku” means a “sequel” in Japanese, and it is a sequel to “I am Shingo”, offering a parallel vision that transcends time and space.

There’s a chronological narrative to follow, but frames of comic strips are nowhere to be seen.

The work is composed of a series of 101 acrylic paintings, which took Umezz four years to complete.

Each painting is a work of art on its own.

「ZOKU-SHINGO 小さなロボット シンゴ美術館」
©楳図かずお

楳図かずお
《ZOKU-SHINGO 小さなロボット シンゴ美術館》（一部）
2021年 アクリルガッシュ、紙
©楳図かずお

◆ Three sets of installations to deepen Umezz’s art

Curated by Kenji Kubota, the universe of Umezz’s art will be expanded with installation works by three contemporary artists.

・ Exonimo x “I am Shingo”

左）エキソニモ
Photo by Niko
右）「わたしは真悟」
©楳図かずお/小学館

・ Yuma Tomiyasu × “ZOKU-SHINGO: Little Robot Shingo’s Art Museum”

左）冨安由真
右）楳図かずお
《ZOKU-SHINGO 小さなロボット シンゴ美術館》（一部）
2021年 アクリルガッシュ、紙
©楳図かずお

・ Tomoko Konoike × “Fourteen”

左）鴻池朋子
撮影：長瀬 賢
右）「14歳」
©楳図かずお/小学館

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