Art + Culture

右翼の為、1千600万円で販売した、アドルフ・ヒトラー像を描いた井田幸昌。ファック・ユー。 IDA Yukimasa painted a portrait of Adolf Hitler, which sold for 120.000 US$, for the Right-Wing. FUCK YOU.

IDA Yukimasa 井田幸昌 "SUMI" 2022. Oil on canvas, 194 x 162 cm. 120.000 US$ @ Mariane Ibrahim , Art Basel Switzerland 2022 (detail)
IDA Yukimasa 井田幸昌 "SUMI" 2022. Oil on canvas, 194 x 162 cm. 120.000 US$ @ Mariane Ibrahim , Art Basel Switzerland 2022 (detail)
IDA Yukimasa 井田幸昌 Adolf Hitler アドルフ・ヒトラー
IDA Yukimasa 井田幸昌 vs. Adolf Hitler アドルフ・ヒトラー
IDA Yukimasa 井田幸昌 “SUMI” 2022. Oil on canvas, 194 x 162 cm. 120.000 US$ @ Mariane Ibrahim , Art Basel Switzerland 2022
IDA Yukimasa 井田幸昌 “SUMI” 2022. Oil on canvas, 194 x 162 cm. 120.000 US$ @ Mariane Ibrahim , Art Basel Switzerland 2022
IDA Yukimasa 井田幸昌 Adolf Hitler ヒトラー
IDA Yukimasa 井田幸昌 vs. Adolf Hitler アドルフ・ヒトラー

Greetings from Basel, 4th of July 2022.
Mariane Ibrahim, first time participant at Art Basel 2022, brought Japanese newcomer IDA Yukimasa 井田幸昌 (32), whose mediocre painting “SUMI”, executed three months ago, sold for hyperinflated 120.000 US$. See my attached pics.

Nothing new per se, on the contrary… old, boring European painting school.

Myself recogognized in the picture one of the Japan-Germany-Italy fascist axis 枢軸国 protagonists: Adolf Hitler. I am strongly opposing IDA’s attitude for painting the portrait of Hitler.
I am against this kind of art-selling to the Right-Wing people.

IDA Yukimasa 井田幸昌 Hitler アドルフ・ヒトラー
IDA Yukimasa 井田幸昌 vs. Adolf Hitler アドルフ・ヒトラー
Another painting for the Right-Wing by IDA Yukimasa. Japanese Emperor Hirohito during war time.
Another painting for the Right-Wing by IDA Yukimasa. Japanese Emperor Hirohito during war time. fbscreenshot. ここに載せたスクリーンショットは、すべて「好意によりクリエーティブ・コモン・センス」の文脈で、日本美術史の記録の為に発表致します。 Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial-NoDerivative Works photos: cccs courtesy creative common sense

How about a topic like “make love not war”, or “NO NUKES”, similar to the practice of NARA Yoshitomo 奈良美智?

As a veteran, an expert of the Japanese art scene, I can tell you, that this kind of retail-price for a 32 years old guy in Japan is overexaggerated, bubbly, “out of control”; the Japanese local art context speaks with different codes.

Consequently, he has been already put into the genre of “art flippers”, the so-called poor speculators, who want to quickly flip the work of emerging artists. Art consultant Lisa Schiff uses the term: “wrong, non-collectors”.
With no institutional back-up, nor any critical acclaim, IDA may experience frustrating, hard times in the years to come.
More @
アート・バーゼル、成功への宿命 (アーティストたちによって裸にされたアート・バーゼル、さえも*) 2022年度
ART BASEL – Doomed To Succeed (ART BASEL Stripped Bare by Her Artists, Even*) 2022 version
https://art-culture.world/articles/art-basel-2022/

If you think, IDA is an insular case in Japan, see art worker Ellie (Chim↑Pom) and her practice 3 months ago. Ellie with extreme right wing politician and former PM, ABE Shinzo (LDP) at the entrance of Chim↑Pom’s Mori Art Museum show. (Up-date, edit: ABE Shinzo has been assassinated on 8th of July 2022, in Nara, Japan)

Link_https://www.instagram.com/p/Ccp9lVjvsp6/

2022-4-23 Instagram by Akie Abe. 安倍昭恵、チンポ エリイ、安倍晋三
2022-4-23 Instagram by Akie Abe. 安倍昭恵、チンポ エリイ、安倍晋三 (ここに載せた写真とスクリーンショットは、すべて「好意によりクリエーティブ・コモン・センス」の文脈で、日本美術史の記録の為に発表致します。Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial-NoDerivative Works photos: cccs courtesy creative common sense)
安倍昭恵、チンポ エリイ、安倍晋三
安倍昭恵、チンポ エリイ、安倍晋三

Regarding art flippers, learn more via:

アートマーケットと現代アート・フリッパーについて Art Market and Art Flippers
https://art-culture.world/articles/art-market-and-art-flippers/

五木田智央の絵画が投機好きなアートとして @ ニューヨークタイムズ
GOKITA Tomoo’s Painting as Flip Art @ New York Times
https://art-culture.world/articles/gokita-tomoo-painting-as-flip-art-new-york-times/

「貧乏臭さ」の象徴:村上隆、ドラえもん、藤子・F・不二雄、ガゴシアン。アート・フリッパー:2020作を2021年4月のオークションへ
Symbol of “Shabbiness”: MURAKAMI Takashi, Doraemon, Fujiko Fujio, Gagosian. Art Flipper: Work of 2020 Selling at April 2021 Auction
https://art-culture.world/articles/takashi-murakami-doraemon-fujiko-fujio-ドラえもん/

ビハインド・ザ・シーン。例えばA.B.の場合 Behind The Scene. For Example The Case Of A.B.
https://art-culture.world/articles/behind-the-scene-ビハインド-ザ-シーン-例えばa-b-の場合/

北京・X Museumの共同設立者、黄勖夫(マイケル・ホゥアン Michael Xufu Huang)が現代アート・フリッパー(aka MOTHERFUCKER)であるという事実
Michael Xufu Huang 黄勖夫, co-founder of Beijing’s X Museum, is an Art Flipper (aka MOTHERFUCKER)
https://art-culture.world/articles/michael-xufu-huang/

“Bribed” journalism at Wall Street Journal: Gagosian pushing up Grotjahn for U.S. Art Flippers, 6 days before the exhibition
https://art-culture.world/articles/gagosian-grotjahn-for-u-s-art-flippers/

Mariane Ibrahim Gallery booth @ ART BASEL 2022
Mariane Ibrahim Gallery booth @ ART BASEL 2022
Amoako Boafo PUPPY BLANKIE 2022. Oil on paper transfer on canvas. 211 x 210 cm. 400.000 US$ @ Mariane Ibrahim
Amoako Boafo “PUPPY BLANKIE” 2022. Oil on paper transfer on canvas, 211 x 210 cm. 400.000 US$ @ Mariane Ibrahim
Amoako Boafo PUPPY BLANKIE 2022. Detail @ Mariane Ibrahim
Amoako Boafo “PUPPY BLANKIE” 2022. Detail @ Mariane Ibrahim
Amoako Boafo PUPPY BLANKIE 2022. Detail
Amoako Boafo “PUPPY BLANKIE” 2022. Detail
Mariane Ibrahim Gallery booth with work by IDA Yukimasa @ ART BASEL 2022
Mariane Ibrahim Gallery booth with work by IDA Yukimasa @ ART BASEL 2022
Mariane Ibrahim Gallery booth with work by IDA Yukimasa 井田幸昌 @ ART BASEL 2022
Mariane Ibrahim Gallery booth with work by IDA Yukimasa 井田幸昌 @ ART BASEL 2022

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