Taira Ichikawa
ACAO FOREST 
Baobab plantation
The well-known baobabs that appear at “My Little Prince” are also called “the upside-down trees” because they fell from the sky and pierced as they were. If you turn everything upside down and look at it from a different angle, your world might start to laugh and dance. I have tried to make that feeling into the form.
This artwork is not a fixed monument. I continue my journey with the concept of always wandering and searching for my place.
Born in 1965. Graduated Musashino Art University in 1991. By selecting contemporary motifs and incorporating various materials and elements into his sculptures, he creates artworks that convey a sense of sci-fi storytelling. As a special lighting artist and former sculptor, he has done many collaborative works since 2016: 2021 “Taira Ichikawa Self-Collaboration Exhibition” (Power Station Museum) 2020 “Taro Okamoto Museum of Art 20th Anniversary Exhibition” (Kawasaki City Taro Okamoto Museum of Art) and others.
