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TAKANO RYUDAI: DAILY PHOTOGRAPHS 1999-2021

June 29‒September 23, 2021

T he National Museum of Art,

2018.11.14.#05, 2018 PRESS RELEASE TAKANO RYUDAI: DAILY PHOTOGRAPHS 1999-2021

TAKANO RYUDAI: DAILY PHOTOGRAPHS 1999-2021

Takano Ryudai (b. 1963) is widely recognized as a photographer who deals with the themes of gender and sexuality. In the 2005 photo book IN MY ROOM, for which he received the Kimura Ihei Photo Award, Takano set out to visualize the ambiguous zone that lies between binary notions of human sexuality such as woman and man, homosexual and heterosexual. At the same time, while making it a rule to take pictures every day without fail since 1998, Takano has undertaken a variety of experiments, and repeatedly examined institutionalized views, and the characteristics and limitations of the photographic medium. The project, called Daily Photographs, remains ongoing. In this exhibition, Takano’s first major solo exhibition at a museum, approximately 130 of the artist’s works will be presented chronologically. Along with Daily Photographs, which serves as the foundation for Takano’s practice, the exhibition will include the gender- and sexuality-themed works that won him prominence; Kasubaba, which focuses on uniquely Japanese chaotic cityscapes; Tokyo Tower, which makes use of fixed-point observation; and the shadow pieces, which Takano has devoted himself to since the Great East Japan Earthquake. Join us as we retrace the actual images and reflect on the changing thoughts of Takano Ryudai, one of the leading photographers of his generation.

2004.11.24.#11, 2004 2013.03.02.M.#e08, 2013

Wearing a red leather coat, 2002

2011.03.11_T, 2011

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2018.03.03.D.#02, 2018

2019.12.29.P.#2 (Time and Distance) (detail), 2019

2017.09.23.#12, 2017 All images ©Ryudai Takano, Courtesy of Yumiko Chiba Associates

TAKANO RYUDAI: DAILY PHOTOGRAPHS 1999-2021 The National Museum of Art, Osaka

June 29-September 23, 2021

10:00-17:00 (last admission 16:30), Fri. and Sat. until 20:00 (last admission 19:30) Closed on Mondays (except Aug. 9, Sept. 20) and Aug. 10 4-2-55, , Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0005, Japan https://www.nmao.go.jp/

Organized by The National Museum of Art, Osaka, The Asahi Shimbun Sponsored by Daikin Foundation for Contemporary Arts In cooperation with Yumiko Chiba Associates

Admission Adults: 1,200 yen / University students: 700 yen *Admission free for visitors under 18 years old and mentally or physically disabled people with one attendant (proof required). Discounted admission Adults: 1,000 yen / University students: 600 yen This discount is offered to those who meet any of the following conditions: - Groups of 20 or more. - Visitors who enter after 17:00 on Fri. or Sat. - Visitors who purchase both "TAKANO RYUDAI: DAILY PHOTOGRAPHS 1999-2021" and "Viva Video!: The Art and Life of Shigeko Kubota" (concurrent exhibition) tickets at our museum ticket counter at the same time (only applicable to adult tickets).

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Directions 5-minute walk southwest from (Exit 2) on the Keihan Nakanoshima Line. 10-minute walk west from (Exit 3) on the . 20-minute walk southwest from JR Osaka Station or Hankyu Osaka-. 10-minute walk south from Fukushima Station on the JR Loop Line and Shin-Fukushima Station (Exit 2) on the JR Tozai Line. 10-minute walk south from Hanshin Fukushima Station (Exit 3). 15-minute walk west from Yodoyabashi Station on the Osaka Metro Midosuji Line and Keihan Yodoyabashi Station (Exit 7). 3-minute walk southwest from Taminobashi, reached by the No. 53 and No. 75 city bus; every bus leaves from JR Osaka Station. As there is no parking at the museum and only a limited number of parking lots in the surrounding area, we kindly ask that you make use of public transportation when visiting the museum.

Press images We are pleased to offer a number of different images of the works on display to help promote the exhibition. If you would like to receive one (or more), please feel free to contact us. Please refrain from using the images included in the press release without prior permission.

Curator Hiroyuki Nakanishi

Press Contact Meri Fuyuki Public Relations, The National Museum of Art, Osaka E-mail: [email protected] TEL: +81(0)6-6447-4680 FAX: +81(0)6-6447-4699

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