Keiichi Tanaami, born in 1936 in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, is one of the leading pop art

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ists of postwar Japan

Postwar Japan

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, and has been active as multi-genre artist since the ‘60s as a graphic designer

Graphic designer

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, illustrator

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, video artist and fine art

Fine art

Fine art or the fine arts encompass art forms developed primarily for aesthetics and/or concept rather than practical application. Art is often a synonym for fine art, as employed in the term "art gallery"....

ist.

Biography

Keiichi Tanaami was born in 1936 as the eldest son of a textile wholesaler in Tokyo. He was 9 years old when Tokyo was bombed during the Great Tokyo Air Raid of World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 in 1945. Images seared into the back of his mind at this time would became major motifs in his art works: roaring American bomber

Bomber

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s, searchlight

Searchlight

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s scanning the skies, firebomb

Firebomb

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s dropped from planes, the city a sea of fire, fleeing masses, and his father’s deformed goldfish

Goldfish

The goldfish is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae of order Cypriniformes. It was one of the earliest fish to be domesticated, and is one of the most commonly kept aquarium fish....

 swimming in its tank, flashes from the bombs reflecting in the water.
“I was rushed away from my childhood, a time that should be filled with eating and playing, by the enigmatic monstrosity of war; my dreams were a vortex of fear and anxiety, anger and resignation. On the night of the air raid, I remember watching swarms of people flee from bald mountaintops. But then something occurs to me: was that moment real? Dream and reality are all mixed up in my memories, recorded permanently in this ambiguous way.”
Tanaami took to drawing

Drawing

Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...

 from a young age, and as a junior high school student he often spent time at the studio of leading postwar cartoonist

Cartoonist

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 Kazushi Hara with the intention of becoming a cartoonist himself. After Hara’s sudden death, however, he turned to the pioneering field within manga

Manga

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 of graphic novel

Graphic novel

A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...

s, and went on to study to become a professional artist at Musashino Art University. Word of his talent spread quickly during his time there and in 1958, as a second year student, he was awarded the Special Selection at an exhibition held by the authoritative illustration and design group of the time. After graduating he took a job with an advertising agency

Advertising agency

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, but quit before one year was up due to the numerous private commissions he was receiving. During the ‘60s he busied himself as a successful illustrator and graphic designer while also actively participating in the Neo-Dada

Neo-Dada

Neo-Dada is a label applied primarily to audio and visual art that has similarities in method or intent to earlier Dada artwork. It is the foundation of Fluxus, Pop Art and Nouveau réalisme. Neo-Dada is exemplified by its use of modern materials, popular imagery, and absurdist contrast...

 organization, one of the defining art movements of postwar Japan. In the latter half of the ‘60s he immersed himself in making video art, the newest medium in the art scene at the time.
“In the 1960s, the Sogetsu Art Center in Asakusa

Asakusa

is a district in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan, most famous for the Sensō-ji, a Buddhist temple dedicated to the bodhisattva Kannon. There are several other temples in Asakusa, as well as various festivals.- History :...

 regularly held events that traversed many diverse genres. There were happenings staged by Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono

is a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon...

, videos by Nam June Paik

Nam June Paik

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 and experimental film

Experimental film

Experimental film or experimental cinema is a type of cinema. Experimental film is an artistic practice relieving both of visual arts and cinema. Its origins can be found in European avant-garde movements of the twenties. Experimental cinema has built its history through the texts of theoreticians...

s from America. It was around that time that I heard about the [Sogetsu] Animation Festival (1965). I wanted so badly to make an animation, so I convinced Yōji Kuri’s Experimental Animation Studio to help me create ‘Marionettes in Masks’ (35 mm, 8 minutes). I continued to make animations after that, with works such as ‘Good-by Marilyn’ (1971), ‘Good-by Elvis and USA’ (1971), ‘Crayon Angel’ (1975) and ‘Sweet Friday’ (1975).”
In 1967, Tanaami took his first trip to New York

New York

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. There he came face to face with the works of Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

Andrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...

, shining brightly amidst the whirlwind of prospering American consumerism

Consumerism

Consumerism is a social and economic order that is based on the systematic creation and fostering of a desire to purchase goods and services in ever greater amounts. The term is often associated with criticisms of consumption starting with Thorstein Veblen...

, and Tanaami was struck by the new possibilities of art within the world of design.
“Warhol was in the process of shifting from commercial illustrator to artist, and I both witnessed and experienced firsthand his tactics, his method of incision into the art world. His strategies were identical to the strategies employed by advertising agencies. He used contemporary icons as motifs in his works and for his other activities put together media such as films, newspapers and rock bands. In other words, Warhol’s sole existence was selling his works to the art market. I was shocked by this, and at the same time I embraced him as the perfect role model for myself. Like Warhol, I decided not to limit myself to one medium, to fine art or design only, but instead to explore many different methods.”
At the height of psychedelic

Psychedelic

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 culture and pop art, Tanaami’s kitschy, colorful illustrations and design work received high acclaim in both Japan and abroad. “NO MORE WAR”, his prize-winning piece from the 1968 antiwar poster contest organized by AVANT-GARDE Magazine

Avant Garde (magazine)

Avant Garde was a magazine notable for graphic and logogram design by Herb Lubalin. The magazine had 14 issues and was published from January 1968 to July 1971.The editor was Ralph Ginzburg.Avant Garde 3 published in May 1968 lists in the masthead...

, in addition to his album cover art for legendary bands The Monkees

The Monkees

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 and Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1965. A pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement, Jefferson Airplane was the first band from the San Francisco scene to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success....

 and other such works left a major footprint on the path to introducing psychedelic and pop art to Japan. Furthermore, his series of erotic paintings

Erotic art

Erotic art covers any artistic work that is intended to evoke erotic arousal or that depicts scenes of love-making. It includes paintings, engravings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, music and writing.-Definition:...

 featuring Hollywood actresses done in the early ‘70s became an important body of work that declared Tanaami as the Japanese artist with a witty eye on American culture.

In 1975, Tanaami became the first art director of the Japanese edition of Playboy Magazine, “Monthly Playboy

Monthly Playboy

also known as or MPB was a franchise of Playboy magazine in Japan. Monthly Playboy ceased publication with the final January 2009 issue, due to a decline in readership.-Playmate Japan :* 1986 - Shiho Masui, Emi Satō, Reiko Sugano...

”, and went to New York once again to visit Playboy’s head office. The editor there took him to Andy Warhol’s Factory

The Factory

The Factory was Andy Warhol's original New York City studio from 1962 to 1968, although his later studios were known as The Factory as well. The Factory was located on the fifth floor at 231 East 47th Street, in Midtown Manhattan. The rent was "only about one hundred dollars a year"...

. Tanaami’s works from this period, mostly in the mediums of film and print, were provocative and experimental. His films in particular received wide critical acclaim, appearing in the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen

International Short Film Festival Oberhausen

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 in Germany

Germany

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 (1975, 1976), the New York Film Festival

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 (1976), and the Ottawa International Animation Festival

Ottawa International Animation Festival

-History:In 1976, the Canadian Film Institute founded the biennial Ottawa International Animation Festival . First held August 10 to 15, 1976, the OIAF created a gathering place for North American animation professionals and enthusiasts to ponder the craft and business of animation...

 in Canada

Canada

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 (1976). The vanguard nature of his work led the police to shut down his 1976 exhibit “Super Orange of Love” at Nishimura Gallery for inspection on the opening day.

In 1981, at the age of 45, he suffered a pulmonary edema

Pulmonary edema

Pulmonary edema , or oedema , is fluid accumulation in the air spaces and parenchyma of the lungs. It leads to impaired gas exchange and may cause respiratory failure...

 and for a time hovered at the edge of life and death. Throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s, Tanaami created many works centered around the theme of “Life and Death” based on the experience. For example, the pine tree form that appears frequently in Tanaami’s works comes from a hallucination

Hallucination

A hallucination, in the broadest sense of the word, is a perception in the absence of a stimulus. In a stricter sense, hallucinations are defined as perceptions in a conscious and awake state in the absence of external stimuli which have qualities of real perception, in that they are vivid,...

 he experienced during his illness. Similarly, the cranes

Crane (bird)

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, elephant

Elephant

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s and naked women that appear along with spirals and miniature garden-like architectural forms are characteristic of his works from this period.

In 1999, a retrospective of Tanaami’s works from the ‘60s was held at Gallery 360° in Tokyo. The exhibit was praised highly by Yamataka Eye (Boredoms) and KAWS

KAWS (artist)

Brian Donnelly , professionally known as KAWS, is a New York-based artist and designer of limited edition toys and clothing. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.-Biography:...

, cultural leaders of the new generation born after the ‘60s, and as a result, Tanaami’s works once again became popular amongst youth culture. Since 2005, Tanaami has been presenting new works that fall in the realm of fine art. In these works, he continues to manifest images from his personal memories and from his dream world -- personified goldfish, deformed characters, rays of light, helical pine trees, fantastical architecture, young girls -- through the various mediums of painting

Painting

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, sculpture

Sculpture

Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...

, film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 and furniture

Furniture

Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work using horizontal surfaces above the ground, or to store things...

.

Tanaami has worked as a professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design since 1991, where he has helped bring up young new artists such as Tabaimo. Recent exhibits include “Day Tripper” at Art & Public in Geneva

Geneva

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 (2007), “SPIRAL” at Galerie Gebr. Lehmann in Berlin

Berlin

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 (2008), “Kochuten” at NANZUKA UNDERGROUND (2009), “Still in Dream” at Frieze Art Fair

Frieze Art Fair

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(2010) and “No More War” at Art 42 Basel (2011).

Solo exhibitions

• 1958 “Metallic Art for Open-air Murals”, Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
• 1959 “Formative Art of Light by Metallic Art”, Ginza Sato Gallery, Tokyo
• 1965 “Keiichi Tanaami - SERIES ORDER MADE”, Tsubaki Kindai Gallery, Tokyo
• 1970 “Commercial Graphic”, Gallery Melton, Canada
• 1971 “Keiichi Tanaami - CELLULOID BORN IN AMERICA”, Gallery Décor, Tokyo
• 1971 “Cinema Demonstration”, Sogetsu Hall, Tokyo
• 1972 “Films by Keiichi Tanaami”, Tenjo-Sajiki-kan, Tokyo
• 1972 “Clockwork Marilyn”, Gallery Décor, Tokyo
• 1974 “SUPER ORANGE OF LOVE SERIES”, Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
• 1976 “YOUSHIKEI (Infantile Landscape)”, Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
• 1977 “BOENKYO (The Mirror of Forgetting Childhood)” Serigraphy, Ao Gallery, Tokyo
• 1979 “ANOTHER PARADISE OF ARTIFICE SERIES”, Ao Gallery, Tokyo
• 1980 “GIKEIZUKAN (The Illustrated Book of Artificial View) SERIES”, Gallery Vivant, Tokyo
• 1984 “BURNING IN THE EVENING SERIES”, Gallery Vivant, Tokyo
• 1985 “HYAKKA RYORAN (Bright With All Sorts of Flowers) – Keiichi Tanaami 60’s Poster Exhibition”, Gallery 360°, Tokyo
• 1986 “THE HOLLYWOOD STARDUST”, Gallery 360°, Yurakucho Seibu Marion, Tokyo
• 1986 “The World of Keiichi Tanaami - PASSAGE IN THE AIR”, Shibuya Seibu Seed Hall, Tokyo
• 1987 “Keiichi Tanaami”, Annecy Chateau Museum, France
• 1987 “THE HOUSE IN ACSENTION”, Plus Minus Gallery, Tokyo
• 1989 “New Works of Keiichi Tanaami - LAW OF THE FOREST”, Shibuya Seibu Seed Hall, Tokyo
• 1990 “LAW OF THE FOREST”, Seibu Hall, Shiga
• 1991 “SPIRAL FOREST-2”, Nogizaka Art Hall, Tokyo
• 1991 “Keiichi Tanaami Print Exhibition - CELEBLATION OF THE FOREST”, Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
• 1992 “The World of Keiichi Tanaami”, Ikeda 20th Century Museum, Shizuoka
• 1994 “Keiichi Tanaami-Works of Print 1967-1994”, Kawasaki City Museum, Kanagawa
• 1994 “Keiichi Tanaami’s Film-Image of Memory”, AV Hall, Kawasaki City Museum, Kanagawa
• 1995 “Keiichi Tanaami Print Exhibition-Resembling”, Gallery Vivant, Tokyo
• 1995 “Keiichi Tanaami Print Exhibition-Travel for Memories”, Bokushin Gallery, Tokyo
• 1996 “Keiichi Tannami-100 Prints”, Chukyo University C-Square, Nagoya
• 1998 “Variation by Dry-Point”, Gallery Vivant, Tokyo
• 2000 “Keiichi Tanaami Graphic Works in the 60’s”, Gallery 360°, Tokyo
• 2001 “Keiichi Tanaami BLOW UP Launch Exhibition”, Gallery 360°, Tokyo
• 2001 “Goldfish Exhibition by Keiichi Tanaami”, Tokyo International Forum・Exhibition space, Tokyo
• 2002 “Tactile Sensibility of the Age-Keiichi Tanaami Graphic Works 1967-2002”, D’s Gallery, Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto
• 2002 “Keiichi Tanaami 3000 Drawings”, Gallery 360°, Tokyo
• 2002 “Keiichi Tanaami-Goldfish Lurking in a Glorious View”, graf media gm, Osaka
• 2002 “Keiichi Tanaami-Legends of Volupte 1971-2002”, Uplink Factory, Tokyo
• 2003 “Collage of FLOWERS by Keiichi Tanaami”, Art Space Eumeria, Tokyo
• 2003 “Keiichi Tanaami-GET BACK”, Gallery 360°, Tokyo
• 2004 “DISCO UNIVERSITY with Naohiro Ukawa”, KPO Kirin Plaza Osaka, Japan
• 2004 “TANAAMI’S BEAUTY PARADE”, Naruyama Gallery, Tokyo
• 2004 “Keiichi Tanaami – Ascension Furniture”, graf media gm, Osaka
• 2004 “Keiichi Tanaami - Ascension Furniture + Fantastic City”, EX’REALM, Tokyo
• 2004 “Keiichi Tanaami – Big Playground City”, IDEE, Kyoto
• 2005 Solo Exhibition, Transplant Gallery, New York
• 2005 “Films of Keiichi Tanaami and Graphic 100”, the Norwegian International Film Festival, Norway
• 2006 “TANAAMISM”, Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo
• 2006 “Layers of Keiichi Tanaami”, Gallery AUBE, Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto
• 2006 “Keiichi Tanaami – KAMON”, Paul Smith 9 Albemarls Street Shop, London
• 2007 “DAYDREAM”, NANZUKA UNDERGROUND, Tokyo
• 2008 “Spiral”, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin
• 2008 “COLORFUL”, NANZUKA UNDERGROUND, Tokyo
• 2008 “DAYTRIPPER”, Art & Public –Cabinet PH, Geneva
• 2009 “Kochuten” , NANZUKA UNDERGROUND
• 2009 “SPIRAL 2”, Galerie Gebr.Lehmann, Dresden /Berlin
• 2009 “KANNOOON”, NANZUKA UNDERGROUND
• 2010 “Wander in The Chaos World - Keiichi Tanaami’s Fantastic World - ”, The OCT Art & Design Gallery, Shennan, China
• 2010 “Frieze Art Fair”, NANZUKA UNDERGROUND
• 2011 “Art BASEL”, NANZUKA UNDERGROUND

Books of Paintings

• 1963 “Tamago-gata (Egg Shape)” ,Modern Art Center
• 1966 “Portrait of Keiichi Tanaami”, Private Press
• 1969 “Kyozo Mirai Zukan (Illustrated Book of Imaginary Tomorrow)”, Coauthor: Eizaburo Hara, Bronze-sha
• 1974 “The World of Keiichi Tanaami”, Rippu Shobo
• 1984 “Keiichi Tanaami 1979-1984”, Private Press
• 1986 “Passage in the Air; Paradise of Keiichi Tanaami”, Shuei-sha
• 1989 “Law of the Forest”, Fuso-sha
• 1990 “The Work of Keiichi Tanaami”, Sano Gallery
• 1991 “Blessing of the Forest”, Sano Gallery
• 1992 “100 Images”, Tom’s Box
• 1994 “Keiichi Tanaami-Works of Print; 1967-1994”, Kawasaki City Museum

“Hollywood Stardust”, Sanshindo Publishing

“Travel for Memories”, Sanshindo Publishing

• 2001 “BLOW UP”, Seigen-sha Art Publishing
• 2002 “AMIGOS”, Gallery 360°

“KINGYO”, Amus Arts Press

• 2004 “BLOW UP 2”, Seigen-sha Art Publishing

“Dream and Memory”, Studio Warp

“Portrait of Keiichi Tanaami” (1966) Reprinted Edition, Keiichi Tanaami Design Studio

“Keiichi Tanaami – Hyakka Kyoran”, PRINTS 21

• 2005 “spiral”, Seigen-sha Art Publishing
• 2006 “KAMON”, KING OF MOUNTAIN

“Keiichi Tanaami ggg Books 76”, Ginza Graphic Gallery-Trans Art

“Layers of Keiichi Tanaami”, Kyoto University of Art and Design

• 2007 “DAYDREAM”, Graphic-sha
• 2008 “colorful”, Nanzuka underground
• 2009 “Kochuten”, Nanzuka underground

Books of Prints

• 1971 “Celluloid Borin In America”, Gallery Décor, Tokyo
• 1974 “Pan Cake for Breakfast”, Rippu Shobo
• 1986 “Hollywood Stardust”, Image Forum
• 1990 “Spiral Forest”, Private Press
• 1991 “Celebration of the Forest”, Sano Gallery
• 1998 “Variation”, Galerie Vivant

Joint Authorship

• 1996 “100 M Sightseeing – Ideas for Information Design” Coauthor: Masako Inada, Chikuma shobo

Exhibition Catalogue

• 1975 “Far From the Film – Keiichi Tanaami”, Image Forum
• 1991 “Spiral Forest 2”, Nogizaka Art Hall
• 1992 “The World of Keiichi Tanaami”, Ikeda 20th Century Museum
• 1994 “Keiichi Tanaami – Works of Drawing and Print”, Irodori Museum
• 2002 “Keiichi Tanaami – Animation Catalogue”,　Research Center for Information Design, Kyoto University of Art and Design
• 2004 “Weekly TANAAMI”, Keibun-sha Ichijoji-ten

Editorial Design/Art Direction

• 1998－2000 “Series: Information Design”, Edit: Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kadokawa Shoten Publishing

DVD

• 2002 “TANAAMISM – Magician of Film 1975-2002, Broadway
• 2002 “TANAAMISM 2 – Visual Epicureanism 1971-2003, Broadway
• 2003 “TANAAMISM”〔DVDBOX〕, Broadway
• 2004 “SCRAP DIARY+ANIMACTIONS!!, CREAGE

Film works

• 1971 “JAM POT” 16mm color 24mins

“GREEN・RED” 16mm color 12mins

“SHE” 16mm color 8mins

“PUSSY”(2 sides) 16mm color 12mins

“RAINBOW・SCENE”(3 sides) 16mm color 11mins

• 1973 “U.F.O” 16mm color 4mins
• 1974 “SWEET TOUCH OF LOVE” 16mm color 3mins

“GET BACK ON THE HILL” 16mm color 12mins

• 1975 “4・EYES” 16mm color 9mins

“WHY” 16mm color 10mins30sec

“SHOOT THE MOON” 16mm color 8mins

“SPECTACLE” 16mm color 16mins50sec

“PHOTOGRAPHS AND MEMORIES” 16mm color 23mins

“LOOK AT THE WOOD” 16mm color 12mins

“Artificial Paradise” 16mm color 14mins

“Human Events” 16mm color 5mins

• 1976 “Casa Blanca” 16mm color 9mins42sec
• 1977 “Jekyll and Hyde” 16mm color 13mins
• 1978 “Frankenstein” 16mm color 11mins

“YOUSHI KEI (Prologue)” 16mm color 11mins12sec

“YOUSHI KEI (Preview)” 16mm color 3mins

• 1979 “YOUSHI KEI (Another Rainbow City)” 16mm color 17mins17sec
• 1980 “Darkness Luring a Faint” 16mm color 27mins
• 1981 “Ryogu-Saishoku” 16mm color 15mins
• 1984 “Dream Shape Records” 16mm color 30mins
• 2002 “WHY Re-mix 2002” DV color 3mins20sec

Animation Works

• 1965 “Marionettes in Masks” 35mm color 8mins
• 1966 “Women”(Co-produced with Shigetaka Sawada) 35mm color 7mins
• 1971 “GOOD-BY MARILYN” 16mm color 4mina52sec

“GOOD-BY ELVIS and USA” 16mm color 7mins

“FLICKER LOVE NO.1” 16mm color 4mins

“COMMERCIAL WAR” 16mm color 4mins30sec

• 1973 “OH! YOKO!” 16mm color 4mins
• 1975 “Gentle Friday” 16mm color 3mins

“CRAYON ANGEL” 16mm color 3mins

• 2000 “Dark Memories/Shadows of Dream” 16mm color 4mins
• 2001 “Breath of Window (Correspondence by Animation)”　16mm color 4mins
• 2002 “Scrap Diary” 16mm B&W 4mins

“Gaze in the Summer – 1942” 16mm color 4mins

“Memories (Scene of the Childhood)” 16mm color 3mins15sec

“Walking Man” 16mm color 6mins

“GOLDFISH FETISH” DV color 6mins

• 2003 “PUZZLE OF AUTUMN” DV color 8mins

“FETISH DOLL” 16mm color 6mins

“Portrait of Keiichi Tanaami” DV color 6mins

• 2004 “LANDSCAPE”　16mm color 4mins25sec

“Ten Nights’ Dreams” 16mm color 6mins

• 2005 “TRIP” 16mm color 4mins30sec

“Madonna’s Temptation”　16mm color 4mins

“BLOW UP 2” DV color 8mins

“４・EYES　Re-Mix 2005”　DV color 7mins

“MADONNA” DV color 5mins

“The Harmonic Gleam Vibration” DV color 10mins

• 2006 “NOISE” 16mm color 8mins50sec
• 2007 “INCH-HIGH SAMURAI” 16mm color 4mins35sec
• 2008 “DE CHIRICO” 16mm color 4mins30sec
• 2009 “SHUNGA” 16mm color 4mins30sec

External links

• Rolling 60s Keiichi Tanaami (Japanese)