BABU Art Exhibition ~MY DEAR FRIEND "BABU" far east skate network~
DENIS TOKYO inc. will hold the MY DEAR FRIEND "BABU" art exhibition at the flagship store "DENIS MADE IN TOKYO" in the Shibuya station commercial facility MIYASHITA PARK.
December 1, 2021 (Wednesday) -January 16, 2022 (Sunday)
* Reception party December 3, 2021, 17:00-20:00 @ Miyashita Park "DENIS MADE IN TOKYO" store * Admission is free and everyone can participate freely
* Reception party December 3, 2021, 17:00-20:00 @ Miyashita Park "DENIS MADE IN TOKYO" store * Admission is free and everyone can participate freely
A large number of original art by BABU/FESN/DENIS that can only be found here will be exhibited and sold.
[Artist details]
Street artist, skateboarder, and contemporary artist living in Kitakyushu.
While traveling to various places in Japan and overseas to create a large number of street art, based on street culture,
He creates videos, paintings, drawings, sculptures, tattoos, and other works that go far beyond common sense.
Collages of skateboards, waste materials, garbage, and discarded paintings, as well as video works, are produced with a unique sensibility that has been refined through travel.
In recent years, he has also been active in the field of contemporary art, and has exhibited at Tokyo University of the Arts, "EAST-EAST: 2020, Vol.3" (Dubai), "Reborn-Art Festival" (Miyagi), B Gallery (Tokyo, BEAMS JAPAN). ), The Watari Museum of Art (Tokyo), “VOCA Exhibition 2018” (Tokyo), GALLERY SOAP (Fukuoka), “HOTEL ASIA” Exhibition (Vienna, Bangkok, Chongqing, etc.), Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Kumamoto City Museum of Contemporary Art, etc. are doing.
[Exhibition details]
As the author of the booklet "MY FRIEND 'BABU'" released in 2018, a professional skateboarder and video artist Takahiro Morita, who has a close relationship with BABU, plans,
Art exhibition "MY DEAR FRIEND 'BABU' far east skate network & denis tokyo presents" proposed. A disease called cerebral infarction that suddenly attacked BABU in 2018.
As a result of fighting the disease with all his might to live desperately, BABU lost his memory, speech and freedom of the right side of his body.
Even now, while continuing rehabilitation for recovery, I will do my best in creative activities.
In this exhibition "MY DEAR FRIEND "BABU" far east skate network & denis tokyo presents", we will exhibit and sell works that can only be found here, centering on BABU's works after cerebral infarction.
[Exhibition overview]
Name: MY DEAR FRIEND "BABU" far east skate network & denis tokyo
Place: MIYASHITA PARK SOUTH 2F "DENIS MADE IN TOKYO"
Address: 6-20-10 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001
Phone: 03-6427-1039
Business hours: 11:00 to 21:00
*According to the business hours of Miyashita Park Date and time: December 1, 2021 (Wednesday)-January 16, 2022 (Sunday)
Works for sale: About 100 large and small original drawings, cruiser decks, apparel, miscellaneous goods, etc...
