James Jean is a Taiwanese American visual artist, known for both his commercial work & fine art gallery work. He is known in the American comics industry as a cover artist for various books published by DC Comics, as well as for his work for Prada, ESPN & Atlantic Records.
This exhibition focused on Takashi Murakami (村上 隆)'s recent work, mainly his epic "The 500 Arhats", a 3-meterhigh, 100-meter-long painting of the 500 enlightened followers (arhats) of Buddha, created in response to the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Some large sculptural pieces & abstract paintings are also included.
I had to do a GITS art collection, with all the controversy swirling around this film I felt compelled to weigh in on the issues of whitewashing & appropriation. I'll be peppering my comments & supporting videos in with 38+ thought provoking artworks from talented artists around the world.
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.
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)
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
