Category — Arts
Very Cool See Through Figure Sculptures by Korean Artist Jin Young Yu
These art pieces by Korean artist Jin Young Yu seem part designer toy, part figure sculpture (what’s the difference?). But they’re all-amazing, giving a new perspective on potential designer toy releases. Reminds me of the Korean film Hansel and Gretel.
Technorati Tags: art, Jin Young Yu, Korea, Korean artist
October 17, 2009 No Comments |
Legendary Japanese Tattoo Artist Horiyoshi Creates Clothing Range
Legendary Japanese tattoo artist Horiyoshi has created a range of knitwear inspired by his full body tattoo designs.
Cross-industry creativity is a favourite area of ours and this is not only a different approach to tattoo art, but its less likely to hurt both on your body and your wallet!
Apparently, a full body tattoo from Horiyoshi costs about $20,000 and requires an hour of pain, once a week for two years!
The knitwear range includes classic Japanese woodblock images such as dragons, tigers, samurai and bamboo.
For more information, visit Horiyoshi-thethird.com
Technorati Tags: Horiyoshi, Horiyoshi the third, Japan, Japanese tattoo artist, full body tattoo designs
September 10, 2009 No Comments |
Bruce Lee’s Game of Death Artwork
Some Bruce Lee related artwork at the Mai Hiro team’s Game of Death art show currently on at Dragatomi in Sacramento. The exhibition is on until 29th September, 2009 so get down there if you’re over in California nearby!
Technorati Tags: artwork, Bruce Lee, Dragatomi, Game of Death, Mai Hiro
August 31, 2009 No Comments |
Superb Film Statues at Art from Steel in Thailand
The Thailand-based Art from Steel tout a superb range of hand-crafted metal statues depicting characters from a range of well-known films and TV series.
Billing themselves as the world’s largest producer of hand-made recycled statues, their workshop boasts over 450 unique models with the larger ones requiring the talents of up to 12 skilled workmen!
Their list of source material includes Alien, Dr. Who, Gremlins, Gundam, Lord of the Rings, Predator, Robocop, Star Wars and Transformers.
Check out the Art from Steel website to see more…
Technorati Tags: Alien, Art from Steel, arts, crafts, Dr. Who, Gremlins, Gundam, Lord of the Rings, Predator, hand-crafted metal statues, Robocop, Star Wars, steel statues, Thailand, Transformers
August 28, 2009 No Comments |
Piccadilly Revisited – A Free outdoor film and live music performance
London’s Chinatown Art Space presents Piccadilly Revisited, a free outdoor film and live music performance which is part of the Thames Festival.
(Image via BFI Stills, Posters and Designs)
Piccadilly Revisited will take place on Saturday 12th September (2009) between 8.15pm – 10pm on the east-facing facade of the Royal Festival Hall.
About the performance
Piccadilly Revisited is a film and music performance inspired by the life and loves of Hollywood’s first Chinese film star, Anna May Wong, and the classic British silent movie Piccadilly (1929) in which she played a starring role.
Composers Suki Mok and Ruth Chan will perform their new contemporary score to the backdrop of an outdoor screening of the silent film, Piccadilly.
The score is based on a storyboard developed by co-writers Alice Lee and David Tse Ka-Shing.
Wong is the only Asian-American actress with a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. She worked with Dietrich and Olivier, graced the pages of Vogue, Tatler and Vanity Fair, and the song These Foolish Things was written for her. She has experienced a renaissance in recent years, and Chinatown Arts Space is delighted to celebrate her achievements in Piccadilly, her seminal film directed by E.A. Dupont.
“Bold, beautifully crafted…one of the truly great films of the silent era”
Martin Scorsese
The performance on 12th September is the first work-in-progress showing of a cross-artform production to be completed next year, which will incorporate dance, drama and video against a backdrop of the original silent movie.
The completed work will explore the contradictions of Anna May Wong’s life, the impact of the stereotyped ‘orientalist’ roles on offer, and liberate Anna May Wong’s spirit through the intervention of a team of British East Asian artists. Contemporary sensibilities will bring a fresh, vibrant interpretation to the film and her life. Like a Chinese ‘hungry ghost’ coming back to right a wrong, these modern mediums will exorcise her demons and satisfy all appetites.
For more information and to join the CAS mailing list, please visit: www.chinatownartsspace.com
Technorati Tags: Alice Lee, Anna May Wong, Chinatown Arts Space, David Tse Ka-Shing, film, live music, music, Piccadilly Revisited, Thames Festival, Ruth Chan, Suki Mok, United Kingdom
August 21, 2009 No Comments |
Excellent Personal Creativity at Tokyo’s Design Festa Art Event
We spent a day at the Design Festa in Tokyo last May. It’s an amazing arts event full of lots of independent artists!
We covered alot of the Design Festa over 5 posts on our other blog MangoVine.net, which you can check out via the links below. The event happens every May and November and its worth timing a trip to Tokyo especially for it, if you’re interested in creativity!
Design Festa at Tokyo Big Sight – Personal Creativity at its Finest!
Design Festa at Tokyo Big Sight – Linh’s Big Hair
Design Festa at Tokyo Big Sight – Amazing Variety of Artist Work
Design Festa at Tokyo Big Sight – Performers and Entertainment
Design Festa at Tokyo Big Sight – Amazing Cardboard City Model
Technorati Tags: arts, crafts, creative, design, Design Festa, ideas, illustration, Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo Big Sight
July 26, 2009 No Comments |
Artist Draws Every Meal He Eats
Artist Riki Takaoka documents every meal he eats by drawing or painting it. Now if that isn’t a way to keep up speed art abilities, I don’t know what is. Unless he takes his time and eats all his hot meals cold.
You can check out his diet on his website at Riki’s Food Blog
Technorati Tags: arts, draw what you eat, Riki Takaoka
July 19, 2009 No Comments |
Jason Chan Does Playboy
Previously posted super artist Jason Chan gets a piece of his work into Playboy.
Technorati Tags: arts, illustration, Jason Chan, Playboy
June 25, 2009 No Comments |
Awesomer Origamu Paper Sculptures by Mu Pan
Previously posted Origamu creator Mu Pan took part in Scion Space’s Giant Robot curated recent Papershapers show. His work looks even better when presented in the exhibition!
Brookyn-based Mu Pan took the theme of historical and mythological characters from his paintings and had them take over the Scion Space.
Check out Mu Pan’s Flickr site for more photos
Technorati Tags: arts, Asian American, crafts, Giant Robot, illustration, Mu Pan, Origamu, Papershapers, Scion Space
May 8, 2009 No Comments |
Ming Manga Mashup – Cool Mecha China Fusion Ceramics by Brendan Tang
Brendan Tang is an Asian Canadian Artist who works in Ceramics. Brendan contacted us with details of his work, which on the surface, is a remix of old world China and new world Japan. The output is some unique and fantastic work that fuses together mecha parts with traditional Chinese vase designs!
The work conceptually touches on issues of cultural appropriation, hybridization and body/technology relationships.
I also loved Brendan’s series, Santa is dead which explores the power of technology as a tool of social conditioning. Brendan skins, dissects and displays children’s “interactive” toys in an empirical fashion, intending to literally reveal the lifeless, corporate underpinnings beneath the seemingly innocent exterior of these plush toys.
Check more work on Brendan Tang’s website
Technorati Tags: arts, Asian Canadian Artist, Brendan Tang, ceramics, China, culture, history, Japan, Santa is dead
May 4, 2009 2 Comments |
