On View: Saeborg’s Kinky Rubber Farm at Tomonotsu Museum

Back in 2012, latex artist Saeborg (pronounced Cyborg) announced that his dream was to make an entire farm made of rubber. His current show at Tomonotsu Museum in Hirsoshima, Japan realizes that vision. It was previously shown at Takashi Murakami’s Zingaro space in Nakano, a mecca for comics, toys and cosplay- Saeborg’s inspiration. Saeborg’s kinky installation of animals and their “Lil’ Big Bo Peep” feature kigurumi, Japanese costumed performers who represent cartoon characters. At various times, they live and interact in an inflatable “paradise” where female livestock are exploited and eventually slaughtered.

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Japanese art, Neo-Tokyo, Saeborg, Takashi Murakami, Zingaro Space

Arabesque, Islamic Art, Japanese art, Portraiture, Yasuyo Fujibe

January 22, 2015

Yasuyo Fujibe's softspoken, decorative works immediately caught our eye at LA Art Show last week. Her pieces there represented a departure from her older monochromatic paintings of faces in favor of new bolder elements. This would be her unique portrayal of doe-eyed girls in the arabesque style of Islamic art. Her use of surface decorations are based on the linear patterns of foliage and snowflakes, tiled repeatedly in a lace-like manner. Quiet yet intense, girls stare dreamily through their veils of interwoven lines.

On View: Keiichi Tanaami’s “Cherry Blossoms Falling in the Evening Gloom” at Nanzuka

Collage, graphic design, Japanese art, Keiichi Tanaami, pop art

October 29, 2014

Japanese pop artist Keiichi Tanaami (previously covered here) has a new exhibition on view at Tokyo's underground gallery, Nanzuka. "Cherry Blossoms Falling in the Evening Gloom" is named after his show's titular piece, an effort to take the darkest of his personal experiences and turn them into a positive image. The 3-meter painting leads into a transformation in the artist's motifs, known for his glowing, grotesque creatures, which are shown emitting light.

Atsuko Goto Draws Haunting Visions of Women in “Dreaming Monster”

Atsuko Goto, Japanese art, surrealism

March 28, 2016

Dreams are considered important, real, and public in some cultures, but absurd, irrational and personal in others. Japan has its own history of dreaming, and the importance of dreams has evolved through Japanese supernatural beliefs and art for centuries. "Dreams are like strange stories," says Tokyo based artist Atsuko Goto, who builds on her own visions of dreams in her other-worldly mixed media drawings. "I draw what comes up from our unconscious, like hidden feelings reflected in our dreams."

On View: Keiichi Tanaami at Sikkema Jenkins & Co Gallery

Japanese art, Keiichi Tanaami, pop art, Post War Art, The Sixties

September 9, 2014

Japanese Pop artist Keiichi Tanaami has rarely seen artwork now on view at New York contemporary art gallery Sikkema Jenkins & Co. When we covered his 2013 solo exhibition at Mizuma Gallery, his art went through a turning point. His fascination with life after a near-death experience inspired him to look to the future, rather than the past. The artwork in this show is not new- but Tanaami's mixture of motifs from the past inspires modern questions that keeps his art relevant.

On View: Saeborg’s Kinky Rubber Farm at Tomonotsu Museum

Yasuyo Fujibe’s Portraits Merge Islamic and Japanese Art

On View: Keiichi Tanaami’s “Cherry Blossoms Falling in the Evening Gloom” at Nanzuka

Atsuko Goto Draws Haunting Visions of Women in “Dreaming Monster”

On View: Keiichi Tanaami at Sikkema Jenkins & Co Gallery

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