Shinro ohtake biography of william

Considered as one of Japan’s most versatile contemporary artists, Shinro Ohtake has always kept viewers with mouths agape over his dynamic play of materials, colors, forms and techniques.

He is an incessant object collector—rusty junk, faded magazine covers, newspaper clippings, old monochrome photographs, signboards, posters, electronics, records, and all sorts of bric-a-brac—integrating them with lights, sounds, and smells, which congregate as dreams and memories.

Ranging from paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, products, picture books, to videos, audio and huge installations, the grand exhibition “Shinro Ohtake” is on view at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo till February 5th.

Shinro Ohtake, Self-Portrait for Oil Painting Degree at Musashino Art University, , Photo: Alma Reyes

Approximately works spanning over forty years of Ohtake’s artistic career are on display, and marks the artist’s first major retrospective