Independent Collectors

ÓLAFUR ELÍASSON, Window projection for Daisuke, 2005 Courtesy the artist; Studio Olafur Eliasson, Gallery Koyanagi,Tokyo; Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei. © the artist

Doubling up as both a home and a private collection for the collector and his family, Dream House contains an array of exciting artworks from Asian and international contemporary artists such as Yayoi Kusama, Ólafur Elíasson, Yang Jun, Lee Kit and Yoshitomo Nara to name a few, with much of the work being designed specifically for the Dream House.

Media art is the main focus of Miyatsu’s 400-work collection, spanning across the decades and and the globe featuring pieces by Cao Fei from China, to Tony Oursler from America, to Nina Fischer & Maroan el Sani in Germany.

In their first online presentation on IC, we share works and installation views from the Dream House.

"Collector" is the only title and position I can decide by myself because other titles are dependant on other things that are out of my control. So for that reason, I am deeply attached to the title of “collector”.

DAISUKE MIYATSU

(on ceiling) TEPPEI KANEUJI, Muddy Stream from a Mug, 2009. (Installation view of the bedroom at Dream House, Ichikawa.) Courtesy the artist and Shugo Arts, Tokyo. © the artist

JUNG YEONDOO, Borame Dance Hall Courtesy the artist and Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo. © the artist

JUN NGUEN-HATSUSHIBA, Memorial Project Nha Trang, Vietnam Towards the Complex for the Courageous, the Curious and the Cowards, 2001 Courtesy the artist and Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo and Singapore

CAO FEI & OU NING, San Yuan Li Courtesy the artists; Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou; Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei. © the artists

APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL, My Mother's Garden Courtesy SCAI the bathhouse, Tokyo and Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei. © the artist

MING WONG, Ham & Cheesomelet, 2001 Courtesy the artist and Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou

YAYOI KUSAMA, Infinity Net, 1965 Courtesy Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo and Singapore. © the artist

YAYOI KUSAMA at MOCA Taipei (installation view)

Commissioned work for Dream House by JOSEPH GRIGELY. © the artist

Read our interview with Daisuke Miyatsu HERE.

Dream House is included in the Art Guide.

Japan (3)

Join us on an our annual art expedition to the islands of Naoshima, Teshima, and Inujima, which have undergone a remarkable transformation to world-renowned art destinations.

Tokyo

Ryutaro Takahashi

Una Meistere talks to Tokyo based collector Ryutaro Takahashi about contemporary art in Japan, art as therapy and the irrationalities of collecting.

Tokyo

Daisuke Miyatsu

In the Japanese city of Ichikawa you will find a very special house, a dream house in fact.

Japan (3)

Art Expedition Japan

Join us on an our annual art expedition to the islands of Naoshima, Teshima, and Inujima, which have undergone a remarkable transformation to world-renowned art destinations.

Ryutaro Takahashi

Una Meistere talks to Tokyo based collector Ryutaro Takahashi about contemporary art in Japan, art as therapy and the irrationalities of collecting.