22 October 2014
Carl Randall's 'Tokyo Portrait' purchased by Fondation Carmignac in Paris
Categorised under: Scholarships
Carl Randall’s large canvas Tokyo Portrait (pictured) has been purchased for the permanent collection of the prestigious Fondation Carmignac in Paris, France. The painting (acrylic on canvas, 182 X 227cm) was made in Japan and required painting over 200 residents of Tokyo, each painted one by one directly from life at his studio in Tokyo.
Tokyo Portrait was exhibited at Carls’ solo show Tokyo Portraits at Daiwa Foundation Japan House earlier this year; after which it was shown at Volta Art Fair in Basel, Switzerland (where it was sold to Fondation Carmignac by his gallery Berloni London). The painting joins works by internationally acclaimed artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichenstein, Jean-Michel Basquait, Jeff Koons and Yoshitomo Nara. The work will be on display in for public viewing in France later this year.
Carl Randall’s Shōzō [肖像], ‘portraits’, is currently being displayed at the Berloni Gallery in London, until 15t November 2014.
Links:
Carl Randall at Fondation Carmignac
‘Tokyo Portrait’ at Fondation Carmignac
List of artists collected by Fondation Carmignac
CARL RANDALL
London Solo Exhibition (Berloni Gallery, till Nov 15th 2014)
Japan Prints & Catalogues (The National Portrait Gallery bookshop, London)
‘Japan Portraits’ Documentary (National Portrait Gallery website)
Other pieces about Carl Randall on our website can be found via the following links:
Carl Randall Tokyo Highway Portraits on display in Japan until 11 September 2014 Carl Randall Japan Portraits on sale at the National Portrait Gallery in London Tokyo Portrait on display at Art Volta, June 2014 Japan Portraits a short documentary of Carl Randall painting in Japan In the footsteps of Hiroshige: Portraits of Modern Japan at The National Portrait Gallery London Carl Randall painting in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Carl Randall encounters with the late Donald Richie Carl Randall exhibiting at the 2012 Jerwood Drawing Prize Carl Randall exhibiting at the Mall Gallieries and the National Portrait Gallery Carl Randall awarded the BP Travel Award 2012 Carl Randall wins the Nomura Prize