I visited GLOBAL POP UNDERGROUND, a group exhibition curated by NANZUKA, a contemporary art gallery in Shibuya.
The venue is PARCO MUSEUM TOKYO on the 4th floor of Shibuya PARCO.
A seven-meter-tall “Sexy Robot” also appeared in the ground-floor space of Shibuya PARCO.Installation view
Following the concept of “Tokyo Pop Underground,” which toured the Jeffery Deitch galleries in NY and LA last year, this exhibition brings together 21 artists represented by NANZUKA — including Hajime Sorayama and Javier Calleja — reframed through the lens of the “Underground.”
Hajime SorayamaMasato TaniguchiMasato Taniguchi, “Untitled (truth)” *DetailHaroshi, “Mosh Pit,” 2020, Skateboard deck, H202xW202xD10cm“Mosh Pit” *DetailJoyce PensatoJoyce Pensato, “LISA”Installation viewJavier Calleja, “Stacking Heads,” 2020, aluminum, crystal glass, urethane paint, H266.2xW1130xD105cm, ED.5Installation view — the two works on the right: Christian Rex van MinnenHiroki Tsukuda, “Vol. 58”Kazuki Umezawa, “Lv123/4567 Brain Analysis”MUSTONE (Masato Mori), “Naoto’s absence,” 2020Toshio Saeki, “Ureshi Daruma,” 2018YOSHIROTTENLeft: Erik Parker, “Lovery,” 2019. Right: Peter Saul, “Untitled,” 2019Todd James, “Untitled,” 2019James Jarvis, “Untitled,” 2015Keiichi Tanaami, “Space Walking,” 2018 Pigmented ink, acrylic silkscreen medium, crashed glass, glitter acrylic paint, acrylic paint on canvas, H220 × W400 x D4 cm (quadriptych)Jonathan Chapline, “Refuge Cabin,” 2020, Flashe and Acrylic on Panel, H140xW203 cm
Venue-limited Sale
There was also a lottery-based limited-edition sale of 100 quarter-scale reproductions of Hajime Sorayama’s Sexy Robot floating, available only to visitors of the exhibition.
The exhibition poster was also released in a signed edition of 100, autographed by Hajime Sorayama and YOSHIROTTEN.
GLOBAL POP UNDERGROUND Limited Metal Poster ed.100 *Signed by Hajime Sorayama and YOSHIROTTEN, Price: JPY 7,700 (tax incl.)
An all-star group exhibition by a gallery with a powerful roster of artists — currently one of the most propositional and commercially capable galleries out there.
