TADANORI YOKOO WITH PROFESSOR MELISSA
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Show Notes
Tadanori Yokoo is one of the best-known Japanese illustrators, painters, and graphic designers of post-war Japan. This episode features a very special guest– Professor of Japanese Art and Culture at Harvard University, and my sister, Melissa McCormick!
We discuss Yokoo's absurdist psych record covers from the '70s, including the album "Lotus" for Carlos Santana which holds the world 'record' for the most gatefolds!
Plus, lots of other-worldly weirdness and a snapshot of his origin story.
PROFESSOR MELISSA MCCORMICK
https://scholar.harvard.edu/melissamccormick/home
https://www.edx.org/school/harvardx
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SOURCES
https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2015/06/yokoo-tadanori-album-design
https://www.swanngalleries.com/news/vintage-posters/2020/04/tanadori-yokoo-pop-visionary/
TADANORI YOKOO – Exhibition Catalog Published in 2006 for the Tadanori Yokoo exhibition at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain
https://www.moma.org/artists/6502?=undefined&page=&direction=
Theme Music: "Jet in Jungle" by Damaged Bug, courtesy of John Dwyer
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