Kadokura Takuto ／22nd century JEDI solo exhibition "more is more."
shimokitazawaartsKadokura Takuto / 22nd century JEDI's proposal of maximalism to decorate everyday life.
March 14 - 30, 2025
1-7 pm
Closed on Mon, Tue and Wed.
*reception：Mar. 14, 5-7pm
*Anyone can participate in the reception.
Shimokitazawa Arts is pleased to present the solo exhibition "more is more" by Kadokura Takuto/22nd century JEDI. Kadokura was born in Saitama Prefecture and graduated from Musashino Art University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Spatial Design, majoring in Fashion. While working as a patterner for Comme des Garçons, he created a necklace with the motif of his beloved anime, PreCure, and posted it on SNS as "22nd Century JEDI", attracting attention. After becoming independent, his paintings published under the name of "Kadokura Takuto " include the "Ideal Bowl Series," which has the theme of "coming things" that threaten daily life, the "Penis Flower Series," which has the theme of a new masculinity, and the "SPUR Series," which includes the palette used in the painting. He takes a bird's-eye view of modern society and puts into words his sensibilities and thoughts that look a little further into the future. He creates works that are cute, gentle, and poisonous, using his outstanding composition and sense of color to depict people and flowers with unique shapes.
The theme of this solo exhibition is decoration, which can be said to be the true essence of Kadokura, who has spent his career in the fashion industry. "Less is more" is a phrase known as the minimalism policy of living a rich life with simple design and fewer things. As an opposite, "More is more" has recently begun to be advocated as a maximalist phrase that embellishes more, bigger, and bolder items.
In this solo exhibition, with the paintings, flowers and Kadokura's personal belongings will be displayed to enhance the exhibition. We invite you to experience a glimpse of Kadokura Takuto's way of life, which embraces the idea of decorating in a way that reflects one's personal taste.
Artist statement
When I was a child, the battery-powered miniature car I owned was decorated with countless other parts, and even though I knew that its original potential was greatly diminished, I was absorbed in arranging the parts symmetrically. Even if people around me laughed at me, I felt that it was the right way to express my relationship with the world.
The title of this exhibition, "More is more," is the opposite of architect Mies van der Rohe's motto, "Less is more" (the less decoration, the more functionality).
Decorative art is often referred to as "lesser art,'' and has sometimes been viewed with contempt as something barbaric. When our desire for decoration goes beyond practicality and torments us foolishly, we cannot help but find something beautiful, right, free, and sublime in it, despite the fact that it is full of contradictions.
My paintings drift between abstraction and representation, and resonate with the "intention of decoration" beyond all time and space. It aspires to the whole with respect and frivolity.
More is more. Excess is justice.
Kadokura Takuto／22nd century JEDI
Kadokura Takuto / 22nc century JEDI wad born in Sitama, Japan and Graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of Spatial Design, Fashion Major. While working as a patterner for Comme des Garçons, he created a necklace with the motif of his beloved anime, PreCure, and posted it on SNS as "22nd Century Jedi", attracting attention. After becoming independent, his paintings, which he releases under the name "Kadokura Takuto," use uniquely shaped plants and people as motifs, fill the canvas with exquisite compositions and color combinations, and attract viewers with an addictive charm. His representative works include the "Bulletin Board Drawing Series," in which he displays his works on his bulletin board at home, the "Ideal Pot Series," with the theme of "coming things," and his recent works, the "Penis Flower Series," with the theme of "new masculinity and gender."
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