Established in Shinjuku in 1992 before moving to Roppongi’s Piramide building in 2011, Wako Works of Art focuses on Western contemporary artists such as the hugely influential German painter Gerhard Richter, and American postmodern visionary James Welling, whose revolutionary early works such as the ‘Los Angeles Architecture & Portraits’ (1976-78) and ‘Diary/Landscape’ (1977-86) experimented with photographic technologies and processes, pushing the limits on how objects are perceived.
Over the years, the gallery has not only been active in exhibiting works by important artists but also made room for up-and-coming artists who have yet to break into the local scene.