ART: Nooin - Cute Chameleon Selfies

Nooin

HAIKU Art Review: Nooin

Trying many masks
In hopes of finding her soul
Cute chameleon

   She is Luso-Japanese (under the cultural sway of the Portuguese Empire) Nu Goth. She has lived abroad, but returned to Tokyo, Japan to be with her family. She speaks English, Japanese & probably a few other languages. Beyond that Nooin is a bit of a mystery.

   I do know that she creates some unique selfie-art.

VID: Tattoo VICE - The Maverick, Master, Moneyman & Monks

Tattoo VICE
The Maverick, Master, Moneyman & Monks

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The Maverick - Jimmy Ho Tattoo Artist

   With his traditional Chinese/Japanese patterns, Jimmy Ho, now in his sixties, remains one of the coolest and most forward ­thinking tattooists in Hong Kong.

   Jimmy opened his first tattoo shop at the age of 14, followed by more than 40 years serving clients including film stars and local gangsters.

FILM: Outrage (アウトレイジ) - GIFs, Caps, & Trailers, Oh My!

Outrage (アウトレイジ): The Way of the Yakuza
Watch It Now

HAIKU Art Review: Outrage (アウトレイジ)

8-9-3 can't win
Death or jail for all gangsters
Split tongued Yakuza

   Takeshi Kitano (北野 武) hypnotizes audiences with his slow, simple style, punctuating it with moments of bloody violence. 

Outrage (アウトレイジ) Japanese trailer w/ Eng subs

ART: Hisashi Tenmyouya (天明屋尚) - Future via Past

Hisashi Tenmyouya (天明屋尚)

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   Hisashi is one of Japan's most influential & popular contemporary painters. His work is currently showing at the following gallery, if you'd like to witness the kind of painstaking detail he puts into his art:

Garden of Unearthly Delights 
 Oct 10, 2014 – Jan 11, 2015
@ The Japan Society Gallery - 333 East 47th St, New York

HAIKU Art Review: Hisashi Tenmyouya (天明屋尚)

Forward thru the past
"Without Art I'd B no one"
Basara bastard

   Born in Tokyo, in February 1966.  Hisashi Tenmyouya is a Japanese self taught fine artist.

ART: Hisashi Tenmyouya (天明屋尚) - Basara Bastard

Hisashi Tenmyouya (天明屋尚)

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   Hisashi is one of Japan's most influential & popular contemporary painters. His work is currently showing at the following galleries, if you'd like to witness the kind of painstaking detail he puts into his art:

Garden of Unearthly Delights 
 - Oct 10, 2014 – Jan 11, 2015
@ The Japan Society Gallery - 333 East 47th St, New York

Parco Museum Exhibit - Oct 31 - Nov 10, 2014
   Parco Museum - Shibuya, Tokyo

HAIKU Art Review: Hisashi Tenmyouya (天明屋尚)

Forward thru the past
"Without Art I'd B no one"
Basara bastard

   Born in Tokyo, in February 1966.  Hisashi Tenmyouya is a Japanese self taught fine artist.

Garden of Unearthly Delights Exhibition 

   Oct 10, 2014 – Jan 11, 2015

   @ The Japan Society Gallery

   333 East 47th St, New York, NY 10017

ART: Agarwen - Mexican Samurai

Agarwen
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HAIKU Art Review:

Tattooed tough guys glare
Pale submissive nymphs shy glance
Watercolor dreams

   Mexican artist Agarwen is obsessed with Japanese culture, so he doesn't neatly fit into my Whitey Goes AZN segment.

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ART: XiaoBai (白姥姥) - Painting Selfies

Zhang Xiao Bai (白姥姥)
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ART: Hori Mitsu - Tattoo Master

Hori Mitsu: Honey Tattoo Parlor
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Haiku Art Review: Hori Mitsu by Yellowmenace

Needles R his means
Gray hairs can't define your age
Youthful ink master

   If you're interested in getting a tattoo by Hori Mitsu this is the address & phone # of his studio in Japan.

Honey Tattoo - Nishiyama BLDG.#102 1-16-36 Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan.

Phone - 03-3986-6671

   Hori Mitsu is very active on FB & Tumblr. He also travels a lot appearing as a guest artist @ tat parlors around the world, so if U can't make it to Japan keep an eye on his social media & book early if he visits a shop near U ;)

ARTIST: Kim Joon (김준) - Tattooed Torsos

Kim Joon (김준): Tattooed Torsos
curated by Yellowmenace (27+ images)

   The internet has a short memory. I know these works were all over the net 3-4 years ago & Kim Joon is one of the most famous modern Asian artists, but I had them sitting on my computer since 07, so I thought they were worth displaying again.

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HAIKU Art Review: Kim Joon

Lean labeled limbs

Glorifying consumption?

Empty hands grasp at...

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   Kim Joon (김준) was born in Seoul, Korea in 1966.

ART: Shohei Otomo

Shohei Otomo

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Ping Pong Geisha

Haiku Art Review: Shohei Otomo by Yellowmenace

B&W w/ red
Stark Japanese decadence
Tokyo is burning

Poundin' a 40 of sake

  Shohei Otomo is a modern day artist who twists traditional Japanese icons into stark B&W commentaries on contemporary Japanese society.

Shohei Otomo photo by Yoshimitsu Umekawa

   He is the son of Katsuhiro Otomo who Created & Directed the Manga "Akira"

Material Girl

"He draws these manga illustrations with an F-ing ball point pen!"

   A peek into Shohei's process in this time-lapse video from his YouTube page

ART: Yuko Shimizu (清水裕子) - Re-imagining the Geisha

YUKO SHIMIZU (清水裕子)

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   Learn from a master, Yuko's SkillShare online class:

Mastering Inking: Basic and Pro Techniques

   YUKO SHIMIZU (清水裕子) is a Japanese illustrator based in New York City and instructor at School of Visual Arts.

   Being a Japanese female, I guess Yuko gets lots of jobs drawing geisha.

   Her women R strong, sexy, traditional but w/ a twist of a modern symbol of rebellion (guitar, headphones, tattoos,etc.).

   Geisha re-imagined as superheroes.

More heroic AZN women mastering the balance between tradition & modern individual expression below :)

VID: Vice Japan - Possessed by Ink

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タトゥーに取り憑かれる!? タイのTATTOO「サクヤン」フェス 

Possessed By Ink: Thai Tattoo Festival

   This is a great short doc. It really captures the beauty & mystery of Thailand.  

   Thailand is a very superstitious country where the majority of ppl outside of Bangkok believe in ghosts. Tattoos are very popular w/ Thais especially these religious/magical tats.

   "Wat Bang Phra Temple is Mecca for traditional Buddhist tattoos, or "Sak Yant", as they are known in Thailand. Here monks tattoo people year round within the temple grounds and then once a year hold a Sak Yant festival during which those who have received tattoos return to pray and allow their tattoos to manifest themselves fully. By which we mean all hell breaks loose" :) - Vice Japan

   Thai Buddhism is very different than in Korea or Japan. Here, it's not rare for monks to have tattoos or eat meat (although they don't actively seek it out, if something w/ meat is donated they won't waste it).  

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