ART: Takashi Murakami - Superflat Empire

Takashi Murakami 村上 隆
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   Takashi Murakami (村上 隆) is a prolific contemporary Japanese artist, born Feb 1, 1962. He creates paintings & sculpture, as well as what are conventionally considered commercial media; fashion, merchandise, film & animation.

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Asian Star Wars Art Collection

Celebrating Asian Star Wars Art
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   I'm celebrating the inclusion of 2 Asian characters in the latest Star Wars film, Rogue One with 42 artworks from Asian artists, as well as Asian inspired art. Donnie Yen stars as Chirrut Imwe a blind Jedi master & Wen Jiang plays Baze Malbus. 
   & unfortunately, also paying tribute to the sudden passing of Carrie Fisher. :(

Fusion Wayang Kulit: Tintoy Chuo & Take Huat (Malaysia)

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Tribute Art Collection for King Bhumibol

Art Tribute for HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej
Rama IX ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช  (5 Dec 1927 – 13 Oct 2016)
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   Living in Thailand, I have been able to witness first hand the heartfelt grief & outpouring of remembrances for the beloved Rama IX. Many Thais have turned to art to express their gratitude & respect for the King's lifetime of service for his country. I've assembled my favorite 38 artworks from 23 Thai & international, professional & student artists.

UPDATE: For the cremation ceremony of Rama IX I've created a second art collection celebrating his life & love of Thailand > Celebrating the life of Rama IX The Great

   Vector outline of King by Rukkit Kuanhawate, Featured Artists: Alongkorn Lauwatthana x Ise Ananphada x Chalermchai Kositpipat x Jirapat Tatsanasomboon x Puck x Wasinburee Supanichvoraparch x Tokio Aoyama - collaged by Yellowmenace

ART: Fenghua Zhong - Monkey King & More

Fenghua Zhong (钟风华)
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by Yellowmenace (33 images)

   Fenghua Zhong is a young, immensely talented digital artist from Xiamen, China who is obsessed with Sun Wukong. I would love to see his vision of The Monkey King as an online fantasy game or CG movie.

ART: Tamura Yoshiyasu - Surreal Kanzashi

Tamura Yoshiyasu 田村吉康
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by Yellowmenace  (26 images)

   Tamura Yoshiyasu is a professional manga artist, painter & illustrator, born in Gunma, Japan, 1977. Since high school he has been drawing & in 2003, his first manga "Fudegami" was published in the popular monthly, Gekkan Shōnen Jump.

HAIKU Art Review: Tamura Yoshiyasu

Surreal kanzashi

Painter dreams up coy maiko

Better mind her claws

    As a painter, he has exhibited his works at Takashi Murakami's gallery Higari Zingaro, Basel, Taipei, Los Angeles, New York & Mexico City. He also collaborated with the fashion brand, McQ: Alexander McQueen for the 2014 winter collection.

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Street Art Festival: Meeting of Styles Thailand 2016

Meeting of Styles: Thailand 2016
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   Back in the spring, I got to check out The Meeting of Styles street art festival in Pattaya, Thailand. I was surprised how many international artists this small event attracted. It was held in a derelict, 5 story nightclub w/ open elevator shafts & a giant hole in the middle of the 3rd floor.    

   This enter at your own risk locale was one of those "only in Thailand" situations where artists were given free reign to wander & create wherever they chose.

   It's notoriously difficult to identify street artists, because of vandalism laws, although there is growing acceptance w/ the popularity of street art. If you know any of these artists please message me via Facebook or Twitter & I will add the credit.

   Check out lots more street art from the festival, below.

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Godzilla Art Collection

Art Inspired by Godzilla ゴジラ
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   A king-sized art collection for the king of kaiju, celebrating his long awaited return to Japan in Toho's, "Shin Godzilla (シン・ゴジラ). Hail to the king, baby!

Ron Guyatt (CA)

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ART: Buddhist Inspired Art

Inspired by The Buddha
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   I've selected 40 Buddhist inspired artworks by 36 astounding international artists showcasing an eclectic array of reverence for, appropriation & criticism of the Buddha as a symbol. This isn't your obachan's Buddhist art.

Hisashi Tenmyouya 天明屋尚 (Japan)

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ART: Year of the Monkey Collection

Fire Monkey Collection 2016
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   Wishing all my fellow artistic revolutionaries joyous prosperity in 2016, yang fire monkey year with more monkey art than you can shake a banana at. I tried to compile an eclectic assortment of monkeys, apes, macaques, baboons, etc in a variety of styles & techniques. Sun Wukong & Hanuman are, of course associated with monkey years & feature prominently here. I've also included excerpts of general predictions for the year from Happy Wishing Well & Suzanne White.
   Gong Xi Fa Cai (恭禧发财)!

James Jean (Taiwan/US)

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   HAIKU: Monkey Year 2016

Curious ape king 
Fiery swinging trickster's year
Pray, no burnt branches

Kouji Oshiro (Peru)
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   The lunar Year of the Yang Red Fire Monkey runs from Monday Feb 08 2016 to Friday Jan 27 2017. This is a year of adventure, discovery, questions & answers, when luck can strike at bizarre times & fortunes can turn in the blink of an eye. Risk, strategy, learning, change & progress feature prominently in a Monkey Year.

source: HappyWishingWell

Ise Ratta Ananphada aka Ratinan Thaicharoen (Thailand) 
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ART: The Ultimate Street Fighter Tribute

Street Fighter (Capcom) 

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(61 Images on 3 pages)

   Capcom is about to revive its seminal game with the fifth iteration of the Street Fighter series, so I'm proudly posting this visual celebration of the game's iconic characters imagined by 44 deadly international artists in 61 ass kicking artworks. 
   Player 1, ready? FIGHT!

Adnan Ali (Pakistan)  
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     Street Fighter V will be released exclusively for the PlayStation 4 & PC on Feb 16, 2016. The next generation Street Fighter experience will offer cross-platform play that will unite fans into a centralized player base for the first time ever. 
   The path to greatness begins here: RISE UP!

Renato Giacomini (Brazil)  Behance

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World wide locations
Distinct regional fighters
Button mashing joy 

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