TAPPEI | 『TAPPEI 3rd Solo Exhibition “BRAIN”』INTERVIEW （1/3）

How did TAPPEI become interested in tattoos?

TAPPEI： This is a movie you saw when you were young. A tattoo on the back that appeared in the scene. The Japanese carving is simply cool.

Was it when you were in elementary school? Do you remember what movie it was?

TAPPEI： I think it was in the lower grades of elementary school. I remember the movie clearly "Zatoichi" directed by Takeshi Kitano. It was a shock.

Do you want to paint a tattoo? Do you want to enter?

TAPPEI： I didn't know anything about the tattoo at that time, so what was that picture? I guess I asked my parents. After that, I learned that there is a profession of carving in an outlaw book. I loved painting since I was conscious, and I thought it would be nice if I could continue to paint in the future, so I started thinking that I wanted to be a sculptor.

You have achieved your dream since you were little.

TAPPEI： That's right. Considering now, I think that my grandfather was a physician and my parents were a dentist, so I was interested in tattooing because I had studied my body since I was a child. Also, because it was a hard house, I guess I was strongly attracted by the outlaw tattoo.

TAPPEI's style is completely different from the touch of Japanese carving that was first shocked, so-called lion peony and Hannya.

TAPPEI： I like Japanese carving, and at first I saw a lot of things, but when I became a high school student, I was a band or skateboard. Under the influence of the culture. I still think Japanese carving is cool, of course, but it's too "tattoo"?

What is “tattoo” too much?

TAPPEI： I don't like things that are too beautiful. You can understand that Japanese carving has been valued from overseas as something that makes the whole body look beautiful, and it is wonderful, but it is a tattoo that increases the tattoo that I like one by one. For example, it is close to the feeling of collecting figures. That's my style. The style is not just a yury picture, but you've painted a lot so far. I was in Kobe's art university.