Fantasy Animal Forest Higuchi Yuko Exhibition

• Exhibition name: Fantasy Animal Forest Higuchi Yuko Exhibition
• Exhibition period: 2023/12/30 (Saturday) - 2024/4/7 (Sunday)
• Opening hours: Monday to Sunday 10:00-18:00 (ticket sales and admission stop at 17:30; closed on 2/9-2/10 and 2/28, 2024) *Exhibition location: Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Exhibition Hall 2 and 3 (No. 21, Zhongshan South Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City)
• Customer service hotline: 02-2649-1689 #2 Daily 09:00-18:00 (noon break on holidays is 12:00~13:00)
• Sponsored by: United Digital Culture and Creation, Asahi Shimbun *Co-organizer: National Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall Management Office
• Main sponsor: China Trust Bank CTBC BANK
• Official website: https://uevent.udnfunlife.com/higuchiyukoten_taipei
• Official fan page: https://www.facebook.com/higuchiyukotentaipei

Exhibition introduction

A large-scale special exhibition of HIGUCHI YUKO, a super-popular painter who has stirred people's hearts from Japan to the world, comes to Taiwan for the first time. The exhibition area gathers nearly 1,000 selected works, including picture book creation, poster design, joint collaborations and other classic painting manuscripts, and works with Higuchi Yuko. Muppet artist Masashiro Imai, who has collaborated with him for many years, created exquisite and vivid felt dolls and Taiwan-exclusive photo scenes. With gentle and delicate brushwork, retro color application and imaginative expression style, Taiwanese audiences are led into a fantasy world.

#About HIGUCHI YUKO Painter, artist. We continue to hold creative activities centered in Tokyo. The works often use cats, birds, mushrooms and other animals and plants as themes. The paintings are a mixture of reality and fantasy, creating Higuchi Yuko’s unique world view. He has published several classic works such as the picture book series “Cat”, “Little Love Letters”, “GUSTAVE-kun” and the painting collections “Higuchi Yuko Art Collection CISRCUS” and “BABEL Higuchi Yuko Artworks”. It has also attracted many well-known brands to invite cooperation, including the The GUCCI joint series started in 2018 has attracted a lot of attention. In recent years, it has invested heavily in the creation of movie posters.

Highlights of the exhibition

☆ The creation process and details of classic works “Cat Series” depicts the communication between cat dolls and animals, “Little Love Letters”, a collection of pictures and texts that are exquisite and full of emotions, “GUSTAVE-kun”, a mischievous and endearing story of a wonderful character, etc. that have been released and produced so far. The original manuscripts of well-known works, from the introduction of the story theme to the graphic design of the inner pages, are fully presented one by one, allowing you to deeply appreciate the classic works of Higuchi Yuko in his many years of creative career.

☆ Surprising and interesting three-dimensional display The images under the brush jump out of the plane and transform into cute felt dolls created by the puppet artist Imai Masashiro. Through clever sewing techniques and facial expressions hand-painted by Higuchi-sensei, the characters seem to be breathed into life and staged before their eyes. The storyline started. In addition to felt dolls, the exhibition also includes various three-dimensional display objects such as wood-carved mini books, Japanese hanging scrolls and screens. You can feel the difference of each work through a variety of textures.

☆ New works specially drawn for the Taiwan station With the new exhibition theme “Fantasy Animal Forest”, teacher Yuko Higuchi specially drew a new key visual and Taiwan-limited ticket map for Taiwan. The main visual incorporates the plants that grow in Taiwan’s unique climate, the character of Taiwanese people, and Taiwan’s Traditional floral patterns and other impressions of Taiwan, and these classic animal characters written by the teacher are presented in the Taiwan station limited ticket design with the image of “put on cute clothes and get ready to go to Taiwan!”

☆ A dark aesthetic series with a unique sense of conflict The girls, snails, mushrooms and other elements that appear in “Fear” are only sold at Higuchi Yuko Gallery in Tokyo. The horror-style expression is combined with cute and strange patterns to create a unique contrast that belongs to Higuchi’s style; based on the Dutch painter Hieronymus. Hieronymus Bosch and Peter the Elder. The “BABEL Higuchi Yuko Artworks” collection is reinterpreted based on the works of Pieter Bruegel. Weird and mysterious creatures can be seen everywhere, as if you have entered another fantasy world. The works of Mr. Higuchi Yuko are not only fantasy, but also evocative. It exudes a slightly eerie yet charming beauty.

☆ Dream co-branded collaborations with major brands Joint collaborations with well-known brands such as the popular Pokémon character “Eevee”, Hakusensha’s “MOE” magazine cover, Holbein’s colorful watercolors, etc.; posters of well-known movies such as “Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind” are recreated, extending imaginative hand-drawn images to to product, poster and book cover design, showing more works with different styles.

#Online ticket sales 2023.9.28~12.29

• Pre-sale single ticket $320
• Pre-sale commemorative package for two persons $699 [Commemorative ticket package for two people] includes a collection of ticket holders, 2 Taiwan-limited character commemorative tickets, and electronic tickets for admission to the exhibition for 2 people *Two people must enter the ticket at the same time and cannot be used separately; please present the QR code at the entrance to redeem the souvenir ticket. This package is a souvenir and cannot be used for admission.
• Exhibition limited two-color pen set package (A) $590
• Exhibition limited two-color pen set package (B) $590 [Exhibition Limited Two-Color Pen Set Package]
• On the day of visiting the exhibition, please present your ticket at the entrance to redeem the two-color pen set (A)/(B) B.

2023.12.30~2024.4.7

• Exhibition single ticket $420

#Onsite ticket sales 2023.12.30~2024.4.7

• Full ticket $420: Applicable to those with general status
• Discount ticket $390: Hold a valid student ID card from a college or university (including) or below, with the registration stamp of the current semester as proof (not applicable to master’s and doctoral students, community colleges, air universities, and on-the-job training, etc.) Children aged 3 years and above (children under 12 years old are not allowed to enter alone and must be accompanied by an adult with a ticket)

*Love ticket $210: Applicable to seniors aged 65 (inclusive) and above (verification required, purchase limit is one per card) A person with a disability and one necessary accompanying person with a disability, each certificate is limited to 1 (the original copy of the disability certificate is required)

• Eligibility for free admission: children under 3 years old (need to present relevant ID and be accompanied by an adult holding a ticket. If ID is not brought, the height will be judged if the height is over 90 cm) *Reminder: Children with a height of 90 centimeters (inclusive) or above without ID must purchase “preferential tickets”; preferential tickets and love tickets can only be purchased on-site.