This first monograph by Japanese painter Icon Tada outlines the scope of his talent by means of a lavish, extended iconography - something between an exhaustive catalogue and an unassisted dive into a very strange universe of forms and colours.
An interview with the artist helps understand his motives and his universe. Text by Philippe Vasset puts this previously unseen plastic work into context, between “hyper-decoration” and “paradoxical painting”.
As a bonus, the views of Tada’s spectacular wall painting, done in 2009 during his exhibition at the Galerie Magda Danysz in Paris perfectly complement the paper edition.