Makoto Aida

Makoto Aida (会田 誠, Aida Makoto, born 1965) is a Japanese contemporary artist[1][2] known for his provocative works of manga, painting, video, photography, sculpture, and installation.[3][4][5] Though less well known internationally than Takashi Murakami or Yoshitomo Nara, he is recognized in Japan as one of the preeminent figures of Japanese contemporary art.[6]

Makoto Aida
会田 誠
Makoto Aida at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2012
Born
Makoto Aida

(1965-10-04) October 4, 1965
Niigata Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
MovementConceptual art, contemporary art
SpouseHiroko Okada
Children1

Biography

Aida was born on October 4, 1965, in Niigata Prefecture in rural Japan. Since 2001, he has been married to artist Hiroko Okada.[7] Together they have son Torajiro Aida (born 2001), who is a blockchain software engineer.[7] The family formed an art performance group called "Aidake", in which they mocked the traditional family roles of children in a 2015 performance "Recital" at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.[8][9][10]

Four of the members of the modern art collective Chim-Pom had previously worked with Aida.[11]

A retrospective exhibition, "Aida Makoto: Monument For Nothing" was held in 2012 to 2013 at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo.[12][5]

See also

References
  1. "Anxiety on the Fault Line", review of "Bye Bye Kitty!!! Between Heaven and Hell in Contemporary Japanese Art". The New York Times, March 17, 2011.
  2. "Disaster looms large for artist 'genius' Makoto Aida", review of a Makoto Aida retrospective at the Mori Art Museum. The Japan Times, November 16, 2012.
  3. "10 of the best contemporary art galleries in Tokyo", "[The Mizuma Art Gallery] is also the force behind Makoto Aida, the enfant terrible of the Japanese art world, whose provocative paintings tackle social issues such as the sexual objectification of schoolgirls and violent nationalism." The Guardian, February 1, 2012.
  4. "Aida Makoto: Monument for Nothing Opens in Tokyo" "His often provocative work spans manga, painting, video, photography, sculpture and installation." The Wall Street Journal, November 23, 2012.
  5. "Sorry For Being A Genius". Metropolis Japan. 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  6. "Bye Bye Little Boy" "It was Aida, not Murakami, by common consent, who was the young Japanese artist of the '90s in Japan." Art in America, April 1, 2011
  7. "会田誠一家の息子 寅次郎（17）を高校生エンジニア・アーティストに育てた、"無理をしない子育て術"｜草野絵美とスーパーティーンの「わかってくれない親の口説き方講座」#003". NEUT Magazine (in Japanese). 2019-05-13. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  8. "会田誠、東京都現代美術館による撤去要請の経緯明かす クレームは1件だった". ハフポスト (in Japanese). 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  9. "Artist". Koganecho Bazaar 2016 (in Japanese). 2016. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  10. McKirdy, Andrew (2015-07-28). "Artist Aida defiant over latest work". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  11. ""Art Cannot Be Powerless": An interview with Ryuta Ushiro". PBS Frontline. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  12. "Aida Makoto: Monument for Nothing". Time Out Tokyo. Retrieved 2022-12-30.


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