ART: Gordon Cheung - Toxic Corporate Cowboys

Gordon Cheung - (30 works)

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   At first glance, Gordon Cheung's collaged paintings may look like an art student experimenting with Photoshop filters for the first time. The posterization, find edges, & solarized effects are actually achieved via a complex process of actual layering, which for Cheung always begins with the stock listings from newspapers as his base.

HAIKU Art Review: Gordon Cheung

Toxic cowboys ride
Euphoric dystopia
Nuclear neon stock

   Gordon is a British Born Chinese (BBC) of Hong Kong origin, born in 1975. He lives & works in London. He graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2001 with an MFA in painting.

ART: Tadanori Yokoo (横尾 忠則) - Groovy Graphics Master

Tadanori Yokoo (横尾 忠則)

  While I usually try to focus on contemporary Asian art it's always hep to pay tribute to some of the masters, the giants who have made waves so massive the ripples are still being felt today. 

   Tadanori Yokoo, born in Nishiwaki, Japan, in 1936, is one of Japan's most successful & influential graphic designers & artists. He began his career as a stage designer for avant garde theatre in Tokyo & was close friends with Ken Takakura. 

HAIKU Art Review: Tadanori Yokoo

Groovy graphic style
Limitless pop collages
Optical Orgasms

   Akira Kurosawa & writer Yukio Mishima are two of Yokoo's most formative influences.