The ISSEY MIYAKE SHINJUKU at SHIKAKU presents the installation “TADANORI YOKOO ISSEY MIYAKE 4” from A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE.

Tadanori Yokoo is an artist whose constant embrace of change has made him a pioneer of our time. “TADANORI YOKOO ISSEY MIYAKE” reconstructs the ever-flowing energy of Mr. Yokoo’s works in a single piece of cloth to explore the further potential of clothing. This is a special project by A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE that integrates both the joy of appreciating artwork and the fun of wearing clothes.

From Tuesday, 12 September to Sunday, 3 December 2023, the exhibition, Tadanori Yokoo: 100 Takes on Hanshan and Shide​*, took place at the Hyokeikan gallery of the Tokyo National Museum. It was the debut for the 102 new pieces of Yokoo’s series, “Kanzan Jittoku” which reconstructs Kanzan and Jittoku (Hanshan and Shide) through his original interpretation.​ In this fifth installment of the series TADANORI YOKOO ISSEY MIYAKE 4, dresses were released using 10 of Mr. Yokoo’s latest works from Hanshan and Shide as motifs.

Two types of dresses reproducing the Rhythm Pleats series, first released in the ISSEY MIYAKE Spring Summer 1990 collection, were created using A-POC ABLE’s original Steam Stretch technique. The Rhythm Pleats form is woven into a single piece of cloth in advance, and the cloth is shrunk with the heat of steam to complete the pleats. The flat square clothing, on which Mr. Yokoo’s work is printed, transforms dynamically into a three-dimensional form when worn.

The special installation-style exhibition at SHIKAKU, our newest exhibition space at ISSEY MIYAKE SHINJUKU allows customers to experience the energy of Mr. Yokoo’s works for themselves.