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The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum has highlighted works by Tatsumi Orimoto in a post about its TOP Collection, focusing on the artist’s ‘Art Mama’ and ‘Grandma’s Lunch’ series. The museum’s August 20, 2026, social-media post describes the works through Orimoto’s engagement with caregiving, collaboration and everyday meals.
According to the post, Orimoto developed the ‘Art Mama’ series while caring for his mother after she developed Alzheimer’s disease. The circumstances of that care became the subject and material of the work itself. Rather than separating the artistic process from his family situation, Orimoto made his involvement in caregiving part of the series.
The museum identifies ‘Grandma’s Lunch’ as a work or series included in the collection presentation. It describes the project as an expansion of the collaboration established through ‘Art Mama’, extending that relationship to grandmothers in different parts of the world. The post does not provide a list of participants, locations or individual works from the series.
The reference to meals gives the works a shared everyday setting, while the museum’s description places the emphasis on the relationships formed through the projects. In the available source material, the two series are presented together as connected strands of Orimoto’s practice: one rooted in his experience with his mother, and the other extending the collaborative approach internationally.
The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum’s post does not announce a new exhibition, provide exhibition dates or identify a specific gallery display. It presents the works as part of the museum’s TOP Collection and links to the museum’s online channels for further information. The post refers specifically to ‘Grandma’s Lunch’ as an exhibited work in the collection context, but gives no additional details about the display period or venue arrangements.
