Startbahn’s SRR Project Space to Hold “Shueisha Manga-Art Heritage Presents Keiichi Tanaami x Fujio Akatsuka "Tanaami!! Akatsuka!! / Revolver”” Exhibition from July 21st.

Startbahn,Inc. (head office: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Taihei Shii; hereinafter referred to as "Startbahn") will provide SRR Project Space, its physical gallery space in Tokyo, for Keiichi Tanaami x Fujio Akatsuka "Tanaami!! Akatsuka!! / Revolver" exhibition presented by Shueisha Manga-Art Heritage, a subdivision of Shueisha Inc. (head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; hereinafter referred to as "Shueisha"). Open to the public from Friday, July 21st, to Sunday, August 13th, 2023, this exhibition will present a series of original large-format print works produced in gravure printing presses. All artworks in the exhibition are registered on Startrail PORT, Startbahn’s blockchain certificate infrastructure, and will be presented in original boxes with blockchain-connected authentication certificates and attached NFC tag stickers. In addition, Revolver Drops by TANAAMI!! AKATSUKA!! special digital works on Startrail Port will be available for exhibition visitors and purchasers to collect.


©Keiichi Tanaami Courtesy of NANZUKA ©Fujio Productions Ltd. / Shueisha Inc.

■ Exhibition Information

Title: “Shueisha Manga-Art Heritage presents Keiichi Tanaami x Fujio Akatsuka "Tanaami!! Akatsuka!! / Revolver""
Artist: Keiichi Tanaami
Exhibition Dates: July 21st (Friday) - August 13th (Sunday), 2023
Opening Hours: Thursday-Saturday 13:00- 19:00　Sunday 13:00-18:00　（Closed on Monday-Wednesday）
Venue: SRR Project Space（〒155-0031 Tokyo, Setagaya-ku, Kitazawa 2-22-2-1)
Organizer: Shueisha Manga-Art Heritage https://mangaart.jp/
Partners: NANZUKA, Fujio・Productions, Startbahn, Inc.
Entrance Fee: Free


■ Artist Biography

Keiichi Tanaami (b. 1936, Tokyo) is one of the leading pop artists of postwar Japan, and has been active as multi-genre artist since the 1960s as a graphic designer, illustrator, video artist and fine artist.

Tanaami is an multidisciplinary artist whose creative activities are not confined to a single medium or genre, but actively crosses boundaries from animated works to silk screens, cartoon illustrations, collages, experimental films, paintings, and three-dimensional works. He graduated from Musashino Art University and was awarded a special prize by the Japan Advertising Artists Club. In the 1960s, Tanaami was first introduced to American counterculture and pop art. Inspired by his encounter with Andy Warhol, he has continued to experiment with major themes facing contemporary art, such as the intersection of art and design, art and commerce, art and the public, and beauty of daily life, all while using the design methodology of "editing". Through more than half a century of creative activity, Tanaami has earned an international reputation as one of the pioneers of Pop Art in postwar Japan.

Recent major exhibitions of Tanaami's include "Mirror Reflecting the World" (2020, Nanzuka Underground, Tokyo, Japan), the solo exhibition "TOKYO POP UNDERGROUND" (2019, Jeffrey Deitch, NY), "Keiichi Tanaami" (2019, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland), "The World Goes Pop" (2015, Tate Modern, London, UK), and "International Pop" (2015, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN). His works are in the permanent collections of MoMA (New York), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), Art Institute of Chicago, M+ (Hong Kong), National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution, Washington), Hamburger Bahnhof Museum of Modern Art (Berlin), amongst others.


■ About Shueisha Manga-Art Heritage

Shueisha Manga Art-Heritage is Shueisha's first global e-commerce service, launched in March 2021 with the vision of preserving rare manga prints as artworks to hand down from generation to generation. It utilizes a digital archive of original manga art prints that has been in operation since 2008. Through its archiving system, Shueisha Manga-Art Heritage gives manga art prints lasting value as "works of art".

Official website: https://mangaart.jp/


■ About SRR Project Space

Address: SRR Project Space（〒155-0031 Tokyo, Setagaya-ku, Kitazawa 2-22-2-1)
Opening Hours: Thursday-Saturday 13:00- 19:00　Sunday 13:00-18:00　（Closed on Monday-Wednesday）
Operated by: Startbahn, Inc
Inquiry: contact@startbahn.jp

SRR Project Space is an exhibition space operated by Startbahn, opened in May 2022, and is located at the heart of Shimokitazawa, Tokyo. “SRR Project Space" derives its name from an abbreviation of Startbahn’s NFT "Startrail Registry Record (SRR)” and "Shimokitazawa Rail Road (SRR)", a new urban community part of NANSEI PLUS, developed by Odakyu Electric Railways.

Located on the Shimokitazawa Line Road Street, SRR Project Space is a place of exploration, learning, and development that further promotes the role of art, creativity, and technology in sustainable urban development. It also acts as a bridge between Shimokitazawa's thriving culture and the international art scene, connecting society with new technological trends such as NFTs and inviting artists from outside Japan to exhibit in Tokyo. A window to the world, SRR Project Space is a space for technological innovation and community engagement.

Official website: https://srrprojectspace.startbahn.io/


■ About Startbahn

Startbahn is a leading Japanese art tech company aiming to enrich society by providing the technology needed by artists and all those involved in the art industry. Startbahn operates Startrail, a sustainable and scalable blockchain infrastructure that assures the reliability, authenticity, and traceability of works.

For more information, visit: https://startbahn.io/


■ About Startrail

Startrail is a sustainable and scalable blockchain infrastructure that assures the reliability, authenticity, and traceability of artworks—from physical works such as paintings, sculptures, and installations, to digital works based on data such as images, video, and audio. Providing seamless management of terms & conditions for secondary distribution and other permissions, Startrail can serve as a collection management tool, and due to the nature of blockchain, recorded information cannot be deleted, tampered with, or duplicated. To ensure easy access to Startrail, Startbahn provides a suite of products, including a web application, APIs, and NFC tags for physical objects. Startrail is currently in use by major galleries, e-commerce platforms, art fairs, collectors, artists, and foundations.

For more information, visit: https://startrail.io/