Tokyo Gallery

Tokyo Gallery

After years of planning, Mr. Tian Hata finally realized his dream in 2002 and established the experimental project "Beijing Tokyo Art Project (BTAP)" of Tokyo Gallery in Beijing 798 Art District. In addition, Tokyo Gallery is also the first overseas first-class art institution to settle in 798. Mr. Yamamoto, the father of Mr. hathathata, is the top pioneer of Asian art world in the first half of the century. In the early 1950s, he established Tokyo Gallery, which supported the development of Japanese painter Mr. Bai fayixiong, introduced famous western artists such as Yves Klein and Lucio Fontana to the Japanese, and also recommended some Chinese artists such as Xu Bing (whose works were exhibited in Smithsonian Institute in the United States) and Cai Guoqiang (recipient of Venice Biennale in 1999).

About Gallery

With the mission of building a cultural bridge, Tokyo Gallery + BTAP explores young and promising artists from China, Japan, South Korea and other Asian regions. Since its closing, BTAP has organized more than 35 exhibitions, including architecture, sculpture, oil painting, installation and performance art. The gallery's short-term goal is to work with young international art critics, planners and artists. This goal has been achieved. In order to realize the long-term plan, Tokyo Gallery + BTAP and Mr. Hata hope to continue to promote exchanges among Asian cities, including Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul and Taipei.

Tokyo Gallery began to pay attention to Korean contemporary art in the 1970s, and has been involved in Chinese contemporary art since the second half of the 1980s. In 2002, Tokyo Gallery established BTAP in Dashanzi area of Beijing, namely "Beijing Tokyo Art Project".

Introduction in English

Located in Northeast Beijing, BTAP (Beijing Tokyo Art Projects) is re-using a 400m2 old, abandonedEast German-build Bauhaus munitions factory that was built in the early 1950s. After years of planning, in 2002 Yukihito Tabata established Beijing Tokyo Art Projects which can be seen as an experimental project of Tokyo Gallery. His father, Takashi Yamamoto, has been at the forefront of the Asian art world for over half a century. He founded Tokyo Gallery in the 1950s, which helped to launch the career of Japanese painter Kazuo Shiraga, introduced to Japan famous Western artists like Yves Klein and Lucio Fontana, Chinese artists like Xubing, whose works have been exhibited at the Smithsonian Institute, CaiguoQiang, the recipient of the 1999 Venice Biennale International.

With the challenging mission to build a cross cultural bridge, Tokyo Gallery+BTAP is focusing on young promising Asian artists- Chinese, Japanese, Korean and others. Since its opening BTAP has organized over 35 shows on architecture, sculpture, painting, installation and performance art. The short-term goal of the gallery- to collaborate with both international and Chinese young art critics, curators and artists, has been accomplished. In long-term, Tokyo Gallery+BTAP is continuing the work started by Mr.Yukihito Tabata on expanding the network among different Asian cities, including Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul and Taipei.

Address: E02, ceramic Third Street, 798 Art District, 4 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing

Longitude: 116.49552402331

Latitude: 39.983437031536

Tel: 010-59784838

Ticket information: free.

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