{"id":447,"date":"2026-09-24T14:02:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joan.nl\/?p=447"},"modified":"2026-09-24T14:03:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:03:36","slug":"takeru-amano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joan.nl\/index.php\/2026\/09\/24\/takeru-amano\/","title":{"rendered":"Takeru Amano"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"447\" class=\"elementor elementor-447\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-512dfb5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"512dfb5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1649abe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1649abe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e94568 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e94568\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"\/#artists\">\u2190 all Artists<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cf8bfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9cf8bfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Takeru Amano\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94f9f2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94f9f2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Amano reduces the image until almost nothing is left to remove. That economy is exactly what gives the work its strength: Venus, flowers and animals become contemporary icons that are immediate, memorable and highly displayable.<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Takeru Amano is a Japanese artist whose paintings reduce familiar cultural icons to bold outlines, flat colour and deceptively simple forms. Classical subjects such as Venus are recast through a contemporary visual language shaped by manga, design and urban culture.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-effe50b premium-lq__none elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-button\" data-id=\"effe50b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<a class=\"premium-button premium-button-style1 premium-btn-md premium-button-style1-bottom\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjMwOSIsInRvZ2dsZSI6ZmFsc2V9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-button-text-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEnquire about availability\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfeb20f e-con-full animated-slow e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cfeb20f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c447de elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c447de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/joan.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/JG-INV-2026-0013_Takeru_Amano_Venus_Yellow_BEST_REFERENCE.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-448\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joan.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/JG-INV-2026-0013_Takeru_Amano_Venus_Yellow_BEST_REFERENCE.jpg 640w, https:\/\/joan.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/JG-INV-2026-0013_Takeru_Amano_Venus_Yellow_BEST_REFERENCE-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joan.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/JG-INV-2026-0013_Takeru_Amano_Venus_Yellow_BEST_REFERENCE-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/joan.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/JG-INV-2026-0013_Takeru_Amano_Venus_Yellow_BEST_REFERENCE-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/joan.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/JG-INV-2026-0013_Takeru_Amano_Venus_Yellow_BEST_REFERENCE-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b6240a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8b6240a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5123ed4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5123ed4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85b4391 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"85b4391\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BIOGRAPHY<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d603355 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d603355\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in Tokyo in 1977, Amano grew up in an artistic environment as the son of illustrator Yoshitaka Amano. He spent time in New York before returning to Japan, absorbing influences from Western art, street culture and contemporary graphic imagery.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His best-known works depict female figures, flowers, animals and classical motifs with economical black lines and saturated backgrounds. By stripping away detail, Amano creates images that operate almost like logos while still retaining the irregularities and presence of painting.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amano has exhibited internationally, particularly in Japan and Europe, and has collaborated with fashion and lifestyle brands. His accessible iconography and recognisable Venus motif have helped create a growing collector market spanning original paintings, sculpture and editions.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190 all Artists Takeru Amano Amano reduces the image until almost nothing is left to remove. That economy is exactly what gives the work its strength: Venus, flowers and animals become contemporary icons that are immediate, memorable and highly displayable. 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