Lot 353: KEIICHI TANAAMI

MIDDAY PARTY
signed and dated 2007

57 1/4 by 38 in. 145.4 by 96.5 cm.

acrylic and screenprint on canvas

Executed in 2007, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed and dated <EM>27 February 2008</EM> by the artist.

Tokyo, Nanzuka Underground, Daydream, October - December 2007, p. 12, illustrated in color and illustrated on the cover of the exhibition invitation

Nanzuka Underground, Tokyo

The present work, Midday Party, is an iconic example of Keiichi Tanaami's instantly recognizable brand of Japanese psychedelia. Having been deeply affected by hallucinations he experienced as a result of an illness, Tanaami's work incorporates obsessive motifs gleaned from his personal life - garishly colorful women, goldfish, pine trees, waves and cranes ? resulting in alluring and outrageous works which have had considerable influence on Japan's young contemporary artists as well as on contemporary Japanese animation, illustration, editorial design and fashion.

This work is accompanied by a portfolio of press clippings which reference the Daydream exhibition and which illustrate the present work.