The DNP Cultural Promotion Foundation and DNP Art Communications Co., Ltd. are cooperating with the planning and operation of the traveling exhibition “Ishioka Eiko I (Eye) Design,” which has been held since 2023 in cooperation with 5 museums nationwide. This time, as the fourth installment, it will be held at the Shimane Prefectural Iwami Art Museum (Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture) from 2024/12/14 (Sat) to 2025/2/24 (Monday/Holiday).
After that, it is scheduled to be held from April to June 2025 at the Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art, which will be the final venue.

Entrance to the “Ishioka Eiko I Design” exhibition

Overview of the “Ishioka Eiko I Design” exhibition

In 2020, the DNP Cultural Promotion Foundation hosted a special exhibition centered around graphic design from the work of art director Eiko Ishioka at the “Ginza Graphic Gallery (ggg)” (Chuo-ku, Tokyo) and the “Kyoto DDD Gallery” (Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture), which was well received. Based on this track record, the Foundation and DNP Art Communications have been holding traveling exhibitions since 2023 in cooperation with 5 museums nationwide, with the intention that more people from all over the country will know about Mr. Ishioka's appeal. The three supervisors of the Ishioka Eiko exhibition from GGG and Kyoto DDD Gallery (Ishioka Reiko, Kawajiri Koichi, and Nagai Hiroaki) continue to supervise this traveling exhibition, and the content makes use of the features of each museum based on the exhibition concepts of both galleries.

About the event at the Shimane Iwami Museum of Art

The fourth venue for the traveling exhibition is the Shimane Prefectural Iwami Museum of Art in the arts and culture center “Grand Tois,” a complex cultural facility representing western Shimane Prefecture. “Grand Toit,” designed by architect Hiroshi Naito, is a rare building that combines an art museum and theater, and uses approximately 0.28 million sheets of Sekishu tiles from the local Shimane prefecture. The nickname “Grand Tois” means “big roof” in French, and it expresses a red roof with sekishu tiles and how people gather under it. In the exhibition space of an art museum so familiar with the community, approximately 500 works imbued with Mr. Ishioka's insatiable passion, such as posters, commercials, artwork, and sketches that caused a great sensation, will be shown at once, centering on representative works of Mr. Ishioka's first half.
During the exhibition, various related events will also be held, such as gallery talks and lectures by supervisors, the New Year's event “New Year Eiko Mikuji”, and tea offerings named after Mr. Ishioka. Also, in the town of Masuda where the museum is located, multiple satellite venues will appear, and Ishioka's works and related books will be exhibited at various stores in the area, “Meet Eiko!” will also be implemented.

• Exhibition name: “Ishioka Eiko I (Eye) Design”
• Venue: Shimane Prefectural Iwami Museum of Art (Shimane Arts Center “Grand Tois”) (5-15 Ariake-cho, Masuda-shi, Shimane-ken)
• Period: 2024/12/14 (Sat) to 2025/2/24 (Monday/holiday)
• Organizers: Shimane Iwami Art Museum, Shimane Cultural Promotion Foundation, Chugoku Shimbun, Nihonkai Television
• Supervised by Team EIKO (Ishioka Reiko, Kawajiri Koichi, Nagai Hiroaki [N.G.Inc.])
• Special Cooperation: DNP Cultural Promotion Foundation, DNP Art Communications Co., Ltd.
• Planning cooperation: Yuko Sakomura (S2 Co., Ltd.)
• Sponsor: Shiseido Co., Ltd.
• Cooperation: Parco Co., Ltd.
• Sponsor: Council for Interacting with Art and Culture

“Ishioka Eiko I Design” exhibition flyer (Design: Nagai Hiroaki)

Grand Tois courtyard

■About Eiko Ishioka

Designer/art director. Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts. Joined the Shiseido advertising department in 1961. He stood out with posters featuring Maeda Minari and became independent. ' In the 70s, he directed numerous campaigns, fashion shows, book designs, etc. that shook the times, such as Parco and Kadokawa Bunko. ' Since moving their base of activity to New York in the early 80s, they have further expanded their field of work to a borderless level, such as art and costume design, and received worldwide acclaim, such as winning the New York Critics Association Award for the stage “M. Butterfly,” a Grammy Award for the album “TUTU,” and an Academy Award for the film “Dracula.” “EIKO BY EIKO” and “EIKO ON STAGE” are in the collection of works, and “My Design” and others are works.

*Released on 2023/9/29: Cooperate with the planning and operation of the “Ishioka Eiko I (Eye) Design” exhibition touring 5 museums in Japan
*Related information: From Discover DNP _ggg to the whole country. “Ishioka Eiko I (Eye) Design” exhibition showing “important things that transcend time”

*The information described is current as of the date of publication. Please note that changes may occur in the future without prior notice.