東京畫廊

通過多年的計劃，田畑幸人先生在2002年終於實現夢想，在北京798藝術區內建立了東京畫廊的實驗項目“北京東京藝術工程(BTAP)”。並且東京畫廊也是首家入駐798的境外一級藝術機構。田畑幸人先生的父親山本孝先生是上半世紀亞洲藝術世界的頂級先鋒。1950年代初他建立了東京畫廊，其畫廊支持了日本畫家白髮一雄先生的發展，並給日本人介紹了著名的西方藝術家YvesKlein、Lucio Fontana等，同時也推薦了一些中國藝術家例如徐冰(其作品曾經展覽在美國Smithsonian Institute)和蔡國強(1999年威尼斯雙年展的受領者)。

抱著建設文化架橋的使命，東京畫廊+BTAP中發掘年輕有為的中國、日本、韓國等亞洲地區的藝術家。落幕以來BTAP組織所辦的展覽已超過了35個，它包括建築，雕塑，油畫，裝置和行為藝術等活動。畫廊的短期目標是與國際上的年輕藝術批評家，策劃人以及藝術家合作，這目標已完成了。所要實現長期計劃，東京畫廊+BTAP和田畑幸人先生希望能繼續推廣亞洲的各個城市之間的交流包括北京、東京、漢城以及台北。

東京畫廊從七十年代開始關注韓國當代藝術，並從八十年代後半葉介入中國當代藝術，2002年東京畫廊在北京大山子地區建立了BTAP即“北京東京藝術工程”。

Located in Northeast Beijing, BTAP (Beijing Tokyo Art Projects) is re-using a 400m2 old, abandonedEast German-build Bauhaus munitions factory that was built in the early 1950s. After years of planning, in 2002 Yukihito Tabata established Beijing Tokyo Art Projects which can be seen as an experimental project of Tokyo Gallery. His father, Takashi Yamamoto, has been at the forefront of the Asian art world for over half a century. He founded Tokyo Gallery in the 1950s, which helped to launch the career of Japanese painter Kazuo Shiraga, introduced to Japan famous Western artists like Yves Klein and Lucio Fontana, Chinese artists like Xubing, whose works have been exhibited at the Smithsonian Institute, CaiguoQiang, the recipient of the 1999 Venice Biennale International.

With the challenging mission to build a cross cultural bridge, Tokyo Gallery+BTAP is focusing on young promising Asian artists- Chinese, Japanese, Korean and others. Since its opening BTAP has organized over 35 shows on architecture, sculpture, painting, installation and performance art. The short-term goal of the gallery- to collaborate with both international and Chinese young art critics, curators and artists, has been accomplished. In long-term, Tokyo Gallery+BTAP is continuing the work started by Mr.Yukihito Tabata on expanding the network among different Asian cities, including Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul and Taipei.