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Shimizu Tokuko & Shimizu Miho & Øyvind RenbergWe will be participating GO FOR KOGEI 2025.  Shimizu Tokuko was born in Tokyo in 1948. Although not a professional artist, her interests cover a wide variety of subjects, including art, history, and various forms of culture. She developed her unique style through her energetic exploration of diverse techniques, such as oil painting, Japanese-style painting, and embroidery. The creation of the textile posters began in 2002 at the request of Shimizu Miho, an artist and daughter of Tokuko, who sought a poster for her exhibition in London, where she collaborated with Øyvind Renberg as the artist duo Danger Museum. This was part of…

“Since Nadja — My Personal Recollections — Night in Shinjuku late ’60s to ’70s” is an exhibition that features artists who were active in the late 60s to 70s. The embroidery of ‘Since Nadja,’ the title of the exhibition, was created by Tokuko Shimizu. It was used for the flyers and is collaged onto Zenzaburo Kojima’s postcard album from his time in Europe.   — In my early twenties, I saw the figures of cool adults in the nightlife of Shinjuku. There were entrepreneurs, painters, sculptors, architects, theater practitioners, musicians, photographers, writers, poets, manga artists, and filmmakers. These were the people who led the era and shaped the following one….

Join us for the Oslo book launch of Tokuko Shimizu: TEXTILE POSTERS! Saturday 15. April 2023, 13.00 at the Torpedo bookshop Oslo The book’s co-author, Øyvind Renberg, will make a short presentation about the book in conversation with art critic Espen Hauglid. Plus: The launch will include the screening of Kumi Oda’s dance film featuring Mei and Kumiko Yamanaka, which was made in Tokyo in response to the work of Tokuko Shimizu. Tokuko Shimizu: TEXTILE POSTERS can be purchased for 350 NOK / 35 EUR. Torpedo bokhandelSofies gate 11,0170 Oslowww.torpedobok.no Espen Hauglid (b. 1977 in Oslo) is an art critic with the Norwegian newspaper Morgenbladet. He studied art history at the…

Exhibition in conjunction with the book launch of “Tokuko Shimizu: TEXTILE POSTERS”!