He is a customer living in New York City.He bought Takuma Tanaka's work in 2017. The vivid and colorful colors were the reason he bought his artwork.
They recorded the video over dinner at a restaurant together. This recording will be broadcast on Japanese TV at the end of November.
If you would like to see it, please search YouTube Takuma Tanaka.
It will be uploaded to YouTube in early December.
Takuma Tanaka will participate in a group exhibition in Miami starting November 29.That exhibition will be in a 4000 square foot gallery on the first floor of a building owned by Facebook owner Mark Zagerberg's investment funds.
The opening will be on November 29..There will be an invitation-only party event on December 2.
The event will coincide with Art Basel Miami, one of the largest art fairs in the world.
More details will appear later. Please wait for a while. We will keep you posted.
I myself play tennis ,so I visited this tennis club. There are some old style wooden rackets in the front.
I start playing tennis twice a week. So please wait for my playing video. In addition to this, this tennis club is one of the most traditional club in NY.
By Takuma Tanaka
Tennis club around NYC.
Club house and tennis indoor court.
Last month in October, the director of the Nezu Museum privately purchased a work by Takuma Tanaka
The Nezu Museum is a wonderful art museum with a lush garden just a few streets away from Omotesando Station in Tokyo.
The architecture was designed by Kengo Kuma, one of Japan's leading architects. The museum houses 7,600 works of art, including 7 national treasures and 77 important cultural properties.
The museum is famous for preserving and exhibiting the collection of Japanese and Oriental antiques collected by Kaichiro Nezu (1860-1940), a businessman who served as president of Tobu Railroad Co.
Today, Mr. Koichi Nezu, the third generation and current director of the Nezu Museum, visited us and spoke with us in the studio.
Among the many topics we discussed were Takuma Tanaka's "Human Sushi," "CAPITALISM," and "Cat Rabbit”.
We hope that we were able to convey to you how Tanaka got started in art and what he is currently thinking about.
Takuma Tanaka’s new work, "Ice Cream Series".
We were surprised that Mr. Nezu liked it so much that he purchased it for his own private use.
We are very honored to have someone with so much experience in the art field.
Nezu Museum is here ↓↓↓↓
Nezu Museum
6-5-1 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062
Phone: +81-3-3400-2536
Hours: 10:00 - 17:00 Closed: Mondays
https://www.nezu-muse.or.jp/
Takuma Tanaka went to the bar at the Peninsula Hotel and was painting when one person approached him and asked, "What are you doing? Takuma Tanaka explained, "I am a Japanese painter and now I am working in New York”. Then Takuma Tanaka presented the painting to he and his wife, so they were very pleased. They treated to some drinks in exchange for the gift of the painting.
Hello. I am Sekine, a staff member.
I'm here in NYC with Tanaka!
We just arrived the night before last, but we had a lot of harvest right away.
We are working here at SOHO HOUSE, which is a members-only organisation.
The response has been very good.
During the day, the sun was shining and I took a walk around the Guggenheim Museum and Square Park.
The various scenes that I saw gave me new ideas.
The economic situation and prices are different from those in Japan, but the people on the streets seem to be in good spirits.
You can also see some of our activities abroad on Youtube ✨.
Please also subscribe to our channel 😊.
Thank you.
Please look at this video.
Hello.
This is Ogawa, a member of our staff.
The fragrance of Kinmokusei(Fragrant Olive) is healing me again these days.
A couple of weeks ago, I was disappointed that the fragrance of Kinmokuri was fading and I thought it was the end, but now I could smell the fragrance of Kinmokusei again in many places ✨
This year has been warm and cold, so I wonder if the time of year has shifted from place to place ✨
I love the fragrance of Kinmokusei, so I'm glad to feel it longer this year 🥰
Here's a look at what's going on in the studio this week❣️
The cat rabbit has a breast on it.
I think I've never seen this before.
This is a human sushi, but with a face drawn on it.
It's like a skull, but he has a face... just by having the face drawn on it, it makes realistic.
Here's a scene of the work in progress✨
A powerful piece of artwork has been completed❣️
The two pieces together look like ‘Niou statues’ and it will help warding off evil ✨
This is a custom-made.
‘Ice Cream Series’ has recently been popular. The director of the Nezu Museum(one of the most famous private museum in Tokyo) and another overseas visitor bough this series✨
This one is a gift. Thank you for all your support 😊❣️
‘Takuma Tanaka personal exhibition for autumn 2022’ has ended on the 15th October, but we are always looking forward to seeing you at Takuma Tanaka Studio in Tokyo♥︎
Please note that Takuma Tanaka will only be able to see you until end of October due to his trip to New York♪
Please look at Takuma’s recent work.
Human Sushi plate
21×21cm
Mixed media on canvas.
Next Art work.
Soft cream paradise
21×21cm
Mixed media on canvas.
In our studio, we sell Takuma’s paintings,and resell the paintings we sold to our clients before.
So some paintings will be appeared in online store in this site. Please check it out.
I went to New York for a meeting with art agent in New York.
We had a very meaningful discussion that will lead to the future.
I thank for him.
[laterpost.2022.8.14]
Takuma Tanaka’s assistant visited a company owner’s office .He is one of collectors of Takuma Tanaka paintings. Please look at his office.
[laterpost.7.17]
If you want ,please watch YouTube.
[later post.2022.6.24]
We start TV show around Tokyo area.
Here are some examples of how customers who have actually purchased the artworks are using them to decorate their homes.
Mr. Y, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 50s
The customer has a real estate office in his house, and he decorated the space from the entrance to the office on the first floor.
The following items were displayed in the space from the entrance to the office on the first floor.
Blue Rose (left), a print work
A traveling rabbit (right), a custom-made work
Two pieces.
The black of the traveling rabbit and the black of the staircase going up to the second floor match each other beautifully.
Incidentally, the custom-made work is a portrait of Takuma Tanaka, who has always traveled together with a stuffed rabbit like a family member in Turkey, a memorable place for Mr. Y's hobby of traveling abroad.
While his overseas trips have been far away due to COVID-19, he seems to recall his favorite time by looking at the painting.
Many of the people who purchase art at Takuma Tanaka Studio are financially comfortable. Some may spend their money on brand-name goods or luxury cars, but I think that many of them spend their money with an emphasis on inner richness rather than outer assertiveness.
We are exposed to a lot of information in our uncertain daily lives, which can unknowingly wear on our nerves, but I feel that it is very important to have time to feel at ease with who we are through items that regularly bring us back to our "self-love.
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Here is an introduction to Takuma Tanaka's life as an artist.
Takuma Tanaka did not start making art at an early age. He was just an ordinary student, but when he was in his 20s, he had a mental breakdown. As part of his treatment, he discovered art. He started art as a way to vent his frustrations, but eventually he began taking painting classes and discovered the appeal of art.
One year later, I was hooked on art.
Takuma Tanaka, who had become so absorbed in art that he began to create his own works, started selling his paintings on the street, not knowing where he was going or what he was doing.
On the first day of the street sale, he packed 10 paintings in a bag and lined them up on the street. Within half a day, he had only three paintings left. Takuma was shocked at the rapid sales, even though he had only been doing art for a year, and went home to paint even more pictures.
Through these street sales, Takuma has interacted with many people and has come to feel that human connection is something of value that cannot be replaced by money.
One of Takuma Tanaka's works is a portrait using digital art, and it is a work that utilizes the sensitivity he has gained through communication with the many people he has met.
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Takuma Tanaka Studio provides various services so that customers who purchase art can enjoy their art life with peace of mind.
One of them has a strong entertainment element, and there is an icing cookie gift from Takuma Tanaka Art.
It was quite big and I was happy to eat and respond to the volume.
Art has a wide range of ways to enjoy it, such as interior decoration, interaction, and investment.
The most important thing at Takuma Tanaka Gallery is [Exchange].
Through art, we strive to become such a gallery where you can feel people and enjoy the colors of life with yourself, Takuma Tanaka, and the gallery staff.
Therefore, it is rarely a place where you can enjoy art services consistently with artists, galleries, and secondary artists.
The trigger was the sale of street art, which was the starting point for Takuma Tanaka. At first, we started from a small place, but the fans who held a send-off party during the one-month tour to Paris.
At that time, he felt that art was not only about matter but also about connections with people.
Nowadays, people tend to focus on what they see, money, and interests, but that is not the only richness in life.
