Born to a graphic designer father and educated at Japan’s most prestigious design institution, the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, she was inspired to go into the arts at an early age and did not waste time carving out her identity. Ishioka’s early career peaked in the mid-sixties and seventies, just when Japanese media was radically changing.
The museum brilliantly translates Eiko’s sensational works to the audience by encompassing all possible media – from print to video, wall-to-wall projected film, music, and costumed mannequins – to life-size stage sets. Displays include posters from Ishioka’s stint with Shiseido album jacket designs for legendary musician Miles Davis, music video concepts for experimental singer Björk, and costume makeup for enigmatic performer Grace Jones life-size set and costume designs for films by superstar directors Francis Ford Coppola, Tarsem Singh, and Paul Schrader and astounding collaborative work for opera, theater, circuses, and the Olympic Games. Like walking into a film studio, numerous halls captivate you. As a tribute to the extraordinary designer and art director Eiko Ishioka, whose international career spanned over 50 years, the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo is presenting the exhibition “Eiko Ishioka: Blood, Sweat, and Tears-A Life of Design.” It would be an understatement to call the exhibition, the world’s first large-scale retrospective for Ishioka, merely wonderful.
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