Following the success of the exhibition "Tadanori Yokoo: Unfinished Self-Portraits - A Journey to Myself" at the Gucci Ginza Gallery in Tokyo's Ginza district, Gucci has expanded its collaboration with artist Tadanori Yokoo from Tokyo to the Setouchi region and Osaka, presenting a new installation.

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The exhibition, which began in April, is curated by art critic Yusuke Minami and is centered around the theme of "unfinished." Of the approximately 30 works on display, six are newly created, featuring self-portraits and family, forming the core of the exhibition. Additionally, Yokoo's bright red scaffolding installation, which symbolically represented the image of "unfinished" at the 1970 Osaka Expo, has been recreated in the atrium and rooftop of the Gucci Ginza Gallery, and its dynamic worldview is once again eliciting great acclaim. This "unfinished" spirit has been carried over to Teshima, one of the locations for the Setouchi Triennale 2025, where a new art wall was unveiled on May 22nd as part of the latest collaboration with Yokoo.

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The Setouchi Triennale, held every three years, is an international contemporary art festival set on the islands of the Seto Inland Sea. Against a backdrop of local culture and history that coexists with nature, a diverse range of works are presented by artists from Japan and abroad. This year, Gucci becomes the first fashion brand to serve as an official partner of the Setouchi Triennale.

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Meanwhile, in 2013, Yokoo opened the Teshima Yokoo House (operated by the Fukutake Foundation) on Teshima, the site of the Setouchi Triennale 2025. The building was renovated from a former private home, and Yokoo was in charge of the overall concept. The experiential exhibition space, which integrates artwork, architecture, and space, has become one of Teshima's iconic spots as a permanent art facility.

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This new art wall, in conjunction with the solo exhibition at the Gucci Ginza Gallery, is an installation that expresses "incompleteness" on an even more impressive scale. Furthermore, this "incomplete"-themed installation is also being displayed at Gucci Osaka, the Shinsaibashi Daimaru Gucci Shop, and the Shinsaibashi Daimaru Gucci Satellite Shop.



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Tadanori Yokoo
Contemporary artist. Born in Hyogo Prefecture in 1936. He held a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1972. He has since been invited to exhibit at the world's three major biennales: Paris, Venice, and São Paulo. He has held numerous solo exhibitions at museums around the world, including the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Museum of Applied Arts Hamburg, the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain in Paris, the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, and the Tokyo National Museum. The Tadanori Yokoo Museum of Contemporary Art opened in Kobe in 2012. The Teshima Yokoo House opened in Teshima, Kagawa Prefecture in 2013. He was inducted into the New York Art Directors Club Hall of Fame in 2000. In 2015, he received the Praemium Imperiale in Memory of Prince Takamatsu. In 2023, he was named a Person of Cultural Merit and a member of the Japan Art Academy. His works are housed in major museums around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the British Museum, the Centre Pompidou-Metz, and the Uffizi Gallery. A 500-page collection of his work will be released worldwide by Thames & Hudson in the UK in spring 2026.

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