Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo is pleased to present the first exhibition in Japan of Rashid Johnson's Plateaus (2014). This exhibition is part of the larger "Hors-les-murs" (Beyond the Walls) program, which globally showcases select works from the Fondation Louis Vuitton collection. This program is being held at Espace Louis Vuitton locations in Tokyo, Munich, Venice, Beijing, Seoul, and Osaka.

American artist Rashid Johnson (born 1977) studied photography at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2001, his first series of photographs quickly gained acclaim in the United States as part of the "Post-Black" generation of artists who emerged after the civil rights movement. Post-Black was made up of creators who refused to be lumped together simply as "black artists" and demanded a complex redefinition of their own identity. He then moved to New York in 2006, and his work has diversified to include sculpture, painting, drawing, film, performance, and installation.

Plateaus (2014) is part of a series of installations, and Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo will focus on this important artist, centering on this iconic work from the Fondation Louis Vuitton's collection.



About the Fondation Louis Vuitton
The Fondation Louis Vuitton is an arts institution dedicated to contemporary art and artists, as well as to the seminal 20th-century works that have inspired them. The Fondation aims to reach a wide audience through its collection and the exhibitions it hosts. The building, designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, is already recognized as an iconic example of 21st-century architecture and embodies the Fondation's unique commitment to the development of the arts. Since its opening in October 2014, the museum has welcomed more than 7 million visitors from France and around the world. The Fondation Louis Vuitton has committed itself to actively developing international initiatives, both in its own projects and in collaboration with private and public institutions, including other foundations and museums. These include, inter alia, the Pushkin Museum in Moscow and the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg ("Icons of Modern Art: The Shchukin Collection" in 2016 and "The Morozov Collection" in 2021), the Museum of Modern Art in New York ("Being Modern: MoMA in Paris"), and the Courtauld Institute of Art in London ("The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism"). The Fondation also provides artistic direction for the "Hors-les-murs" (Beyond Walls) program, which showcases the collection at Espaces Louis Vuitton in Tokyo, Munich, Venice, Beijing, Seoul, and Osaka. The exhibitions in these spaces are free and open to the public, and the Foundation promotes its activities through various related cultural communications.



Dates: April 27th, 2022 - September 25th, 2022
Opening hours: 11:00-19:00
Closing days are the same as the Louis Vuitton Omotesando store.
Admission is free
You may have to wait to enter to prevent overcrowding inside the venue.

For more details, please see the link below.
https://jp.louisvuitton.com/jpn-jp/point-of-sale/japan/espace-louis-vuitton-tokyo

Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo
150-0001
5-7-5 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Louis Vuitton Omotesando Building 7th Floor

For inquiries:
T 0120 00 1854
contact_jp@louisvuitton.com

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(Image credit)
PLATEAUS (detail) 2014
Exhibition view at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris (2017)
579.1 x 457.2 x 457.2 cm
Courtesy of Fondation Louis Vuitton
©Rashid Johnson.
Photo credits: ©Fondation Louis Vuitton / Marc Domage

Portrait of Rashid Johnson, in front of his work
Plateaus (2014) at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris (2017).
©Rashid Johnson.
Photo credits: ©Fondation Louis Vuitton / Felix Cornu



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