Archive for the ‘art in Tokyo’ Category
Every week, interesting rising “digital artists” are introduced in NHK digista the TV show.
Some of most popular “interactive installation” artists came to Digital Art Festival.
We enjoyed their friendly works! I became tiny shadow & flew in the long narrow stages, flipped picture books, or more…. All of these are unique experience!
Digital Art Festival Tokyo 2008
NHK digista
Shibuya Shugeibu held their exhibition at Art-book, a craft book store. They exhibited each crafted pieces and had craft workshop. Many people came there to have fun.
Shibuya Shugei-Bu is a craft group to teach crafting technic each ather. They are gathering around Shibuya or somewhere. I heard they sometime go on picnic to craft.
Shibuya Shugei-Bu
MAKE: Japan: 渋谷手芸部文化祭は14日まで開催！
art-book shop & cafe
Ado Mizumori is known as an famous illustrator. She is as an actress, singer, and writer, too. She performed painting with singing on TV show for children in 1970’s.
Recntly, kawaii movement has focused on her works. Numbers of products printed her illustrations are released.
Now, she seeme to be about 70 years old. but she is painting kawaii illustrations.
Autumn comes to the show window of Junie Moon the Blythe doll shop :)
now we can enjoy the exhibition “Trash or Bear” inside shop Gallery LELE.
I got the special color eyes for my Blythe Peony… she will be operated on…
Junie Moon & Gallery LELE
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I went to the opening reception of “MANGART BEAMS T” brand in Daikanyama. “MANGART” means “Manga” + “Art”. This brand is selling mainly T-shirts printed with Manga.
Osamu Tezuka (as known “Astro Boy“, “Princess Knight“), Kazuo Umezu (as known “Orochi: Blood”, “The Drifting Classroom“) , Takehiko Inoue (as known “Slam Dunk“,) and so on., Many manga artists’ characters are on T-shirts.
New BEAMS Daikanyama store has three buildings of 2 floors. One of them is “MANGART BEAMS T”.
How do you imagine or know about Harajuku?
Yeah, it is very exciting young people’s fashion sacred place.
But this time I recommend you Ukiyo-e Ota memorial museum of art!
The museum is at the back of Laforet Harajuku.
You can see a lot of beautiful Ukiyo-e. just like into Japanese house,
you need to take off your shoes to enter the Museum. Unbelievably calm & serene place.
You can get some Ukiyo-e printed stationery at the reception.
Ukiyo-e Ota memorial museum of art
Laforet Harajuku & space invader game are in the same age… 30th anniversary!
so they are in collaboration with some fashion items.
Laforet Harajuku was invaded by cute space invaders!!
you can also try the computer game in there :)
24 HOUR TELEVISION is a once-in-a-year summer event in Japan. This is a TV program featuring a lot of artists, a lot of events, and the funds are all for charity and the disabled.
24 HOUR TELEVISION T-shirts are designed by different artists every year. T-shirts of 2008 are designed by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami who became well-known as the collaboration with Louis Vuitton and Kanye West.
24 HOUR TELEVISION T-shirts by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami
