This is an original Japanese offset poster printed in the 1989. This poster is ultra rare and is displayed in the world`s most prestigious galleries such as MoMA in New York City. It is very difficult / almost impossible to find in any condition.
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Japan Poster Shop has acquired a substantial and unique collection of original Tadanori Yokoo posters from one of the most prolific collectors in Japan. This individual has a very colorful life story, having invested and dedicated many decades to his love for Tadanori Yokoo`s vibrant designs.
A technicolor fever dream, “AMAZON” (1989) is one of Tadanori Yokoo’s most explosive collages from the late '80s, created during a period of intense experimentation with optical overload, tropical surrealism, and postmodern montage. The word AMAZON tears across the top in jagged green text, anchoring a composition that radiates energy from a central red sunburst — a motif Yokoo frequently revisits as a symbol of life force, national identity, or spiritual awakening.
The poster blends classical Western figures, pulp comic panels, exotic fauna, and religious iconography with vivid geometric rays in every direction. Snaking vines crawl across the surface, both interrupting and entwining the visual chaos. It feels like a collision between Renaissance painting, tropical hallucination, and dystopian manga — all orchestrated under Yokoo’s unmistakable collage logic.
One of Japan's most famous graphic designers - the legend Tadanori Yokoo.
He is a celebrated graphic designer whose iconic posters and album covers for artists like The Beatles, Miles Davis, and Carlos Santana left a lasting impact on global pop culture. His psychedelic designs blended traditional Japanese elements with influences from Pop art, Surrealism, and American graphic design, foreshadowing the poster styles of 1960s San Francisco. Yokoo’s work was featured alongside artists such as Frank Stella and Andy Warhol in the 1968 MoMA exhibition "Word and Image." Known for pushing visual boundaries, he provocatively incorporated symbols of Japanese imperialism — such as the rising sun, Mount Fuji, and bullet trains — often juxtaposing them with crude or controversial imagery. His graphic style was rooted in Japanese ukiyo-e printmaking and collage, and a transformative journey to India deepened his fascination with mysticism, inspiring his use of Buddhist symbolism in his art.
Please refer to the imagery (both front and back) as this is the exact poster that is for sale.
It is over 36 years old!
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.
Certificate of Authenticity included.