Tadanori Yokoo is a Japanese graphic designer, illustrator, printmaker and painter.
12 Facts About Tadanori Yokoo
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Tadanori Yokoo, born in Nishiwaki, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, in 1936, is one of Japan's most successful and internationally recognized graphic designers and artists.
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Tadanori Yokoo began his career as a stage designer for avant garde theatre in Tokyo.
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At the age of 22, Tadanori Yokoo won an heritable mention at the Japanese Advertising Artists Club poster exhibition in Tokyo and joined the JAAC, and officially moved to Tokyo around 1960.
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The year of 1965 witnessed Tadanori Yokoo's rising as an eminent young artist in the post-war era.
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The first work of his to receive popularity, Tadanori Yokoo was on view at the Persona exhibition, featuring 16 designers and held at Tokyo's Matsuya department store.
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Fuji, Tadanori Yokoo set out to challenge the state of design, and that of culture and politics at large in post-war Japan.
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Civecawa, Tadanori Yokoo again employed his stylish collage coated with dark humor, citing photos of Tatsuhiko Shibusawa, Hijikata and fellow Butoh dancer Kazuo Ohno, and the famous painting Gabrielle d'Estrees and One of Her Sisters from 1594.
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Tadanori Yokoo worked on several stage design projects as well as posters for various performances.
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Tadanori Yokoo mainly contributed to the layout and illustrations of this book, which was regarded as a radical statement on its own.
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Tadanori Yokoo collaborated extensively with Shuji Terayama and his theater Tenjo Sajiki.
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Tadanori Yokoo starred as a protagonist in Nagisa Oshima's film Diary of a Shinjuku Thief.