2013/14 - LISTE 18 | The young art fair in Basel

Karma International1/6/1Karma InternationalKarolina DankowMarina LeuenbergerHönggerstrasse 40CH-8037 ZürichT +41 79 843 58 90info@karmainternational.orgwww.karmainternational.orgShown at LISTE:Tobias Madison, 1985, CHCarissa Rodriguez, 1970, USPamela Rosenkranz, 1979, CHKeiichi Tanaami, 1936, JPSergei Tcherepnin, 1981, USOther Artists of the Gallery:Kim Seob Boninsegni, KRAgnieszka Brzezanska, PLIda Ekblad, NODavid Hominal, CHThomas Julier, CHEmanuel Rossetti, CHThomas Sauter, CHMartin Soto Climent, MXKeiichi TanaamiA tree of anelephant, 1989Wood, lacquer18.5 × 45 × 79 cmKeiichi Tanaamis (*1936) practice is ofhigh influence for the development of Pop Artin Japan. He’s a predecessor for manyJapanese artists such as Takashi Murakamior Tabaimo. Tanaami studied graphicdesign and created various record covers.He worked with Ushio Shinara, the leaderof the Japanese Neo-Dada-movementas well as Robert Rauschenberg and MichelTapié during their visits in Japan. In 1969Tanaami travelled to the USA where he metwith Andy Warhol and visited his factory.In 1975 Tanaami became the first Art Directorof the Japanese Playboy magazine.Since 1991 he teaches at the art schoolin Kyoto. He recently had shows atthe Schinkel Pavillon in Berlin, Studiolo inZurich and Nanzuka in Tokyo. He lives andworks in Tokyo.104 / 105