Parley for the Oceans & Keiichi Tanaami Surfboards Event!
to produce Photocloth surfboards featuring the artwork of internationally acclaimed Japanese artist Keiichi Tanaami.
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Parley is proud to present a new, vibrant edition of surfboards created in collaboration with leading contemporary Japanese artist Keiichi Tanaami. The series of 20 limited-edition Paulownia Firewire surfboards consists of four unique designs titled: Indulge in Fantasies, Another World, Contact with Light, and Sign of the Incident.
The 86-year-old, Tokyo-based artist’s deployment of blazing color, dizzying layers of imagery and a canny mixture of American and Japanese cultural references capture both the movement and energy of a society in constant motion and the search of desperately needed peace.
The surfboards unite the worlds of art and surfing, as a messenger for the cause. Each is a surf-able symbol and a call for eco-innovation, creativity and collaboration to protect our oceans. The surf community is equally vital to the Parley mission as the artists, as they know the oceans like no others. The project is a synthesis of a surfer’s love for the ocean and an artist’s imaginative call for change.
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The surfboards will first be on view in Tokyo, from November 10th, at gallery Nanzuka 2G to complement Tanaami’s solo exhibition, “Mirror of the World,” held concurrently at Nanzuka Underground and 3110NZ by LDH kitchen.
For the U.S. launch, Parley and Nanzuka will present the four surfboards before the start of Art Basel Miami Beach at The Miami Beach EDITION hotel on November 28th. All proceeds of the sales will support the Parley Global Cleanup Network, an alliance to end marine plastic pollution by intercepting plastic waste from beaches, islands, and in remote coastal communities. Local education, awareness campaigns and government engagement help to drive lasting change.
Collaboration partner Firewire is at the forefront of innovation in the surf industry. Using their Timbertech Ecoboard-certified construction for this artwork is a symbol for change as this surfboard is made with sustainably sourced wood and bio-resin, which reduces its carbon footprint by over 30% versus surfboards built from traditional materials.
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“Light is a source of inspiration to me. I often have dreams of whirling light rolling me in, which makes me feel wonderful. The surfboard is a beautiful shape with a slight swell and was a dreamy medium. It is a wonder that my works on the surfboards look nicer…”
— Keiichi Tanaami
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Board Size: 5'5" x 19.5" x 2.5"
For more information or to purchase, visit Parley
100% of the proceeds of the sales of this project go to the Parley Global Cleanup Network. With coastal cleanups and interception operations carried out in over 30 countries so far, the Parley Global Cleanup Network works to protect marine environments from plastic pollution and other threats. Through collaborative cleanups with local businesses and organizations, teams intercept plastic waste from beaches, remote islands, rivers, mangroves and coastal communities. Alongside these efforts, local education, awareness campaigns and government engagement help to drive lasting change. Proceeds from the sale of the above works will go toward this important mission. Learn more and join the movement at Parley.tv.
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Tanaami graduated from Musashino Art University in 1960. His work has been the subject of numerous international solo exhibitions at both public institutions and galleries, including recent presentations at Nanzuka Gallery, Tokyo; Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow; Kawasaki City Museum, Kanagawa; Karma International, Zürich; and the Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art, Shizuoka, among others.
Tanaami’s work is frequently included in major group presentations, including exhibitions at Pioneer Works, New York, NY; Jeffrey Deitch, New York; Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles; the Ludwig Museum, Budapest; the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia; and the Tate Modern, London, among others.
His work is held in the permanent collections of public institutions around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Kawasaki City Museum, Kanagawa; Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama; the Art Institute of Chicago; the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.; National galerie im Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum fur Gegenwart, Berlin; the Tokushima Modern Art Museum, Tokushima; Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art, Ito; and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, among many others.
Tanaami lives and works in Tokyo, Japan.
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