Taku Obata 小畑多丘
Born 1980 in Saitama, Japan. Lives and works in Saitama, Japan
The work of Taku Obata revolves around the body in motion, notably in breakdance, he founded a Japanese hip-hop performance group, Unityselections in 1999. "B-Boy" spirit is the main source of his creation. Owing to that, strong rhythm and musical lines has become his recognizable style.. Deeply connected to B-Boy culture in Japan, Obata captures, exaggerates and deforms the human body in dancing movement, emphasizing the bodies’ shapes, poses, and physiques, while eliminating the emotional or inner elements of the figures. His persistent interest in the body is also reflected in the medium he chooses — wood sculpture. By linking this physically demanding and time-consuming Japanese traditional technique with the modernity of his subject that emanates from vibrant hip-hop culture, Obata embodies a dynamic decomposition of body and movement within a broader cultural context.
1980年出生於日本埼玉市，現在於埼玉生活和工作。
小畑多丘的作品圍繞著身體的運動姿態開展，他曾於1999年組成Unityselections嘻哈舞團，B-Boy嘻哈風格是其創作的主要精神，強烈的節奏感和富於音樂性的線條是其標誌性的風格。由於其經歷與日本的 B-Boy 文化密切相關，小畑在舞蹈動作中捕捉、誇大和變形人體，強調身體的形狀、姿勢和體格，同時消除人物的情感或內在元素。他對身體的執著也體現於他選擇的媒介——木雕。他的作品將木雕這種耗費體力和時間的日本傳統技術與充滿現代性的活潑嘻哈文化聯繫起來，小畑體現了在更廣泛的文化背景下對身體和運動的動態分解。
PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS
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2020
Taku Obata Sculpture display, Japan House London, London, UK
Taku Obata Drawing ExhibiCon, White Conduit Projects, London, UK
B BOY JIKI, Bomma Galerie, Paris, France
2016
TAKU OBATA, ART GALLERY X, Takashimaya NIHOMBASHI, Tokyo, Japan
2012
Taku Obata B-BOY on Sky Court, Nakamura Keith Haring Museum, Yamanashi, Japan
2011
BBOYIZM, Mitsukoshi Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
2009
ITʼ S JUST BEGUN, Tokyo Wondersite, Tokyo, Japan
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2020
Fine Line, Stolen Space Gallery, London, UK
2019
KUROOBIANACONDA, Artglorieux Ginza Six, Tokyo, Japan
BA show, City & Guilds of London Art School, London, UK
MA show, City & Guilds of London Art School, London, UK
Seven Days Too Long, Mirus Gallery, Denver, USA
2018
Hyper landscape, Watarium museum of contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
When We Change Our PerspecCve, Gallery KIDO Press, 3331 Arts Chiyoda 204, Tokyo, Japan
PLAY OUTSIDE! -From Picnic to Skateboarding, Ichihara Lakeside Museum, Chiba, Japan
P??Powers of PLAY?, Chinretsukan Gallery, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of
the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2017
SIDE CORE-ROSENZU, GALLERY TRAX, Yamanashi, Japan
2016
NEW VITION SAITAMA 5-The Emerging Body, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
2015
SIDE CORE-TOKYO WALKMAN, Hiromiyoshii Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan
2014
ARTFAIR TOKYO2014, Booth L20: Seibu Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
2013
Singapore Art Week “ TOKYO STREET ” IKKAN ART GALLERY, Singapore
10 YEARS OF THE RED BULL BC ONE WITH BBOY ARTS FESTIVAL, Seoul, South Korea