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TADANORI YOKOO (1936- ) STEDELIJK MUSEUM. 1974 / ONE WORLD POETRY. 1979. Two posters. Each approximately 37x25 inches. Condition varies, generally A. Paper. Yokoo initiated an artistic revolution in Japan, introducing pop art into Japanese graphics. From 1965, when he first developed his trademark style, he produced crazy images, mixing Japanese and Western imagery with the most daring and improbable layouts. He was quickly recognized all over the world, and, in 1974, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam was one of the first major institutions to hold a one-man show of his work. To promote this exhibition, Yokoo, who always liked to incorporate his own image in his work, is photographed made up to look like an actor, in front of one of the prints in the exhibition (Agart II). For this avant-garde, multi-media event dedicated to Jack Kerouac, Yokoo creates an image that is meant to be viewed both right-side up and upside down. Almost like a playing card, he puts an image of a man looking through a microscope in each of the corners. They are examining the mysteries of a hidden world, which Yokoo depicts in bright neon colors. The Paradiso where the event was taking place is one of the mythical night clubs of Amsterdam. Yokoo 1022 and 1656.
