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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(31 images)

   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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curated by YellowMenace (50+ images)

   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
(44 images on 2 pages)

   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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ART: Wu Ming Zhong (武明中) - Heart of Glass

Wu Ming Zhong (武明中)
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[52 images / 2 pages]

   Wu Ming Zhong was born in Hebei province China in 1963. In most of his paintings he uses a monochrome palette with reds as the defining accents.  He is the Associate Professor & Director of the Oil Painting Research Office for the College of Fine Arts at Capital Normal University. He was a visiting scholar at Liebin Academy of Fine Arts in Russia & Buffalo State College in the USA.

HAIKU Art Review: Wu Ming Zhong

Fragile heart of glass
In a cold monochrome world
Life painted in blood

   "My work isn’t like the work of Edward Munch – paintings shot through with obvious expressions of pain. My paintings, rather, are easy on the eye & serve to dissipate the pain."

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ART: Kriangkrai Kongkhanun - The Torments of Sin

Kriangkrai Kongkhanun (เกรียงไกร กงกะนันทน์)
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[53 Images / 2 Pages]

   Kriangkrai Kongkhanun was born in 1980 & graduated with a Masters degree from Silpakorn University in Thailand. He attempts to characterize the dark thoughts & emotions of humans whose minds are seized by sin as described in different legends & ancient Buddhist scriptures. Kriangkrai's art depicts the abstract concepts of hatred, anger, vengeance, greed & jealousy, his Neo-Primitive designs symbolize the karma of humanity.

HAIKU Art Review: Kriangkrai Kongkhanun

Creatures of desire
Evil manifestations
Our karmic mirror

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ART: Kazu Livingstone - Graphic Poetry

Kazu Livingstone aka Slim Panda / Kayzer Bubu
[68 images / 3 pages]
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   Kazu Livingstone is a Eurasian poet & political artist from Penang Island, Malaysia. His art has been exhibited on five continents & he's collaborated with artists from around the world.

HAIKU Art Review: Kazu Livingstone 

Graphic poetry
Artistic activism
Pop propaganda

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ART: Nekoshowgun (猫将軍) - Inked Wild Things

Nekoshowgun (猫将軍) - [66 Images / 3 Pages]

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   Nekoshogun is an illustrator who was born in Wakayama prefecture in 1982. She's expanded her popularity in Japan & also in the United States since she uploaded videos of her drawing process & her illustration has been used by the famous singer, Kyosuke Himuro. She recently published her own illustration book, Illustration Making & Visual Book

HAIKU Art Review: Nekoshowgun

Master of contrasts
Primal urges, black & white
Color's a sweet treat

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Illustration Making & Visual Book (JP)