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Paradise by Takuma Tanaka – full view of smiling heart faces and "Love" lettering in red, yellow and black on white
Paradise by Takuma Tanaka – full view of smiling heart faces and "Love" lettering in red, yellow and black on white
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Takuma Tanaka Paradise in situ at The Wall Art Gallery
Takuma Tanaka Paradise in situ at The Wall Art Gallery
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Paradise by Takuma Tanaka – in-situ in a pink room with a circular wall niche and hanging bubble chair
Paradise by Takuma Tanaka – in-situ in a pink room with a circular wall niche and hanging bubble chair
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Paradise by Takuma Tanaka – detail of the centre of the composition
Paradise by Takuma Tanaka – detail of the centre of the composition
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Paradise by Takuma Tanaka – detail of the upper centre of the composition
Paradise by Takuma Tanaka – detail of the upper centre of the composition
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Paradise by Takuma Tanaka – detail of the lower centre of the composition
Paradise by Takuma Tanaka – detail of the lower centre of the composition
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Paradise by Takuma Tanaka – detail of the centre-left of the composition
Paradise by Takuma Tanaka – detail of the centre-left of the composition
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Paradise by Takuma Tanaka – detail of the centre-right of the composition
Paradise by Takuma Tanaka – detail of the centre-right of the composition
Takuma Tanaka Japanese, b. 1977
Paradise, 2023
Oil on Canvas
35 1/2 x 45 3/4 in.
90.2 x 116.2 cm
90.2 x 116.2 cm
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Paradise as a crowd of smiling heart-heads in yellow, red, and pink, LOVE lettered through the field, a figure in the middle with both arms raised. Super LOVE at the...
Paradise as a crowd of smiling heart-heads in yellow, red, and pink, LOVE lettered through the field, a figure in the middle with both arms raised. Super LOVE at the top. Not a garden. A feeling, cartoon-simple, on a white ground.
It looks easy. That is the point. After the Capitalism pictures, Tanaka lets joy be loud and unembarrassed. This is the canvas for someone who wants the room to say love without irony — and still wants it to be a real painting, thick and handmade, not a print of a feeling.
It looks easy. That is the point. After the Capitalism pictures, Tanaka lets joy be loud and unembarrassed. This is the canvas for someone who wants the room to say love without irony — and still wants it to be a real painting, thick and handmade, not a print of a feeling.
Exhibitions
Don't Think, Feel, Miami solo show The Wall art gallery 2026Join our mailing list
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