TOKYO, JAPAN – NOVEMBER 09: General view of the Konig Tokio At MCM Ginza Haus 1 Opening Show with Juergen Teller on November 09, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Ken Ishii/Getty Images for MCM WORLDWIDE/KONIG GALERIE)
TOKYO, JAPAN – NOVEMBER 09: General view of the Konig Tokio at MCM Ginza Haus 1 Opening Show with Juergen Teller on November 09, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Ken Ishii/Getty Images for MCM WORLDWIDE/KONIG GALERIE)
TOKYO, JAPAN – NOVEMBER 09: General view of the Konig Tokio at MCM Ginza Haus 1 Opening Show with Juergen Teller on November 09, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Ken Ishii/Getty Images for MCM WORLDWIDE/KONIG GALERIE)
TOKYO, JAPAN – NOVEMBER 09: Dirk Schoenberger attends the Konig Tokio At MCM Ginza Haus 1 Opening Show with Juergen Teller on November 09, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Ken Ishii/Getty Images for MCM WORLDWIDE/KONIG GALERIE)
TOKYO, JAPAN – NOVEMBER 09: General view of the Konig Tokio at MCM Ginza Haus 1 Opening Show with Juergen Teller on November 09, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Ken Ishii/Getty Images for MCM WORLDWIDE/KONIG GALERIE)
TOKYO, JAPAN – NOVEMBER 09: General view of the Konig Tokio at MCM Ginza Haus 1 Opening Show with Juergen Teller on November 09, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Ken Ishii/Getty Images for MCM WORLDWIDE/KONIG GALERIE)
TOKYO, JAPAN – NOVEMBER 09: Actress Rila Fukushima.attends the Konig Tokio At MCM Ginza Haus 1 Opening Show with Juergen Teller on November 09, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Ken Ishii/Getty Images for MCM WORLDWIDE/KONIG GALERIE)
TOKYO, JAPAN – NOVEMBER 09: (LR) Model Mariya Nishiuchi and .Juergen Teller attend the Konig Tokio At MCM Ginza Haus 1 Opening Show with Juergen Teller on November 09, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Ken Ishii/Getty Images for MCM WORLDWIDE/KONIG GALERIE)
Dear Shaded Viewers,
Juergen Teller along with 200 guests was at the MCM and K grand opening of the exhibition space KÖNIG TOKIO at the MCM Ginza Haus I in Tokyo. MCM’s Global Creative Officer Dirk Schoenberger and gallerists Johann and Lena König notable guests included the German ambassador to Japan Ina Lepel, Shota Matsuda, Rila Fukushima, Mariya Nishiuchi among others.
The solo exhibition Heimweh centers on the concept of homesickness, a re-evaluation of Teller’s German identity and his position as a European immigrant to the UK in the midst of the ongoing Brexit uncertainty. Set up as an interplay between large-scale formats and smaller pictures, the exhibition will run from November 9th, 2019 to January 11th, 2020. Many of the works are shown in public for the first time.
Global luxury brand MCM and Berlin-based gallery KÖNIG GALERIE joined forces to establish a 3000 sqft. exhibition space for contemporary art at the MCM GINZA HAUS I, the brand’s Japanese flagship concept store. With a focus on showcasing a roster of key influential German, Austrian and Swiss artists in Japan, the temporary gallery KÖNIG TOKIO will run multiple exhibitions starting from November 2019 through to December 2020 – among them internationally renowned artists such as Katharina Grosse, Alicja Kwade, Erwin Wurm and more.
The MCM Ginza HAUS I is MCM’s concept space celebrating the brand’s heritage of culture, craft and creativity. As an architectural landmark where art, fashion, culture converge and the experiential meet, it is the ideal venue for KÖNIG TOKIO.
Later,
Diane
Diane Pernet
A LEGENDARY FIGURE IN FASHION and a pioneer of blogging, Diane is a respected journalist, critic, curator and talent-hunter based in Paris. During her prolific career, she designed her own successful brand in New York, costume designer, photographer, and filmmaker.
