Fashion satire illustrator Alexsandro Palombo returns with a set of drawings casting fashion key figures as iconic yellow skinned Simpsons characters. Hillary Alexander is a personal fave, just because she’s such a smashing character in real life, and love the donut eating Albert Ebaz.
1月17日より開催されているわ歌川国芳の420点にもおよぶ作品集たち。歌川国芳（1797 – 1861）は、画想豊かさ、斬新なデザイン力、奇想天外あアイデア、確かなデッザン力持ち、浮世絵ファンのみならず、現代のデザイン関係者や若い世代にも注目され、国際的にも”COOL”な浮世絵として他界評価を得ているのだ。more info here.
‘Kuniyoshi: Spectacular Ukiyo-e Imagination’ at Mori Art Gallery (Roppongi Hills) is a highly recommended must-see look at the work of Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) at what marks the 150th Anniversary of his death. His amazing technical skill coupled with an incredible imagination makes Kuniyoshi a master of ukiyo-e. 420 works are on display in this exhibition, some of the well known masterpieces, others private commissions on view for the first time. Pre-Meiji restoration Japan in all it’s fantastical glory.
2010年10月にロンドンのバービカン・アート・ギャラリー（Barbican Art Gallery）にて開催された「Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion」展が、2012年7月 … 東京都現代美術館にて開催される。海外のメディアで高く評価されたこともありとても楽しみすぎる。日本語だと「Future Beauty：日本ファッションの30年（仮）」展 … 日本を代表するファッションデザイナー、高田賢三（KENZO）、三宅一生（ISSEY MIYAKE）（1970年代）… 川久保玲（Comme des Garçons）、山本耀司（Yohji Yamamoto）（1980年代）らが登場したあの頃。「日本ファッション」が世界に立ち向かったのもこの頃からでしょう。下記動画では、ロンドンで開催された時の様子が観れる。1980年代以降の貴重な衣装 … 映像 … カタログなどを集めた歴史的エキシビション。さらに、興味深いDMやパンフレット、コレクションの招待状に過去の作品たち。そう … 海外メディアは今 … 日本の文化やファッション、ストリートファッションといったところに注目しているのだ。MORE INFO HERE!!!
Take a look at this BBC news video from back in 2010, the report details an exhibition that took place in London’s Barbican Art Gallery followed by Munich’s Haus der Kunst (careful how you pronunce that). ‘Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion’ gathers together works from leading Japanese designers and details their impact and influence on the fashion world.
From the Barbican website…
‘Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion is the first exhibition in Europe to comprehensively survey avant-garde Japanese fashion, from the early 1980s to the present. Curated by the eminent Japanese fashion historian Akiko Fukai, Director of the Kyoto Costume Institute, the exhibition explores the unique sensibility of Japanese design, and its sense of beauty embodied in clothing.
Japanese fashion made an enormous impact on the world fashion scene in the late 20th century and designers such as Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto redefined the very basis of fashion. Their works will be shown alongside Kawakubo’s protégé, the techno-couturier Junya Watanabe, together with the acclaimed Jun Takahashi, and the new generation of radical designers including Tao Kurihara, Fumito Ganryu, Matohu, Akira Naka, Mina Perhonen and Mintdesigns.’
In 2012 the exhibition is coming to Tokyo! Tentatively set for a July 28th opening at the Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art, it’s one of several exciting events we’ve heard are taking place in the capital this year.
German artist Anslem Reyle has collaborated with Dior on a range of accessories that defy the gloomy Winter months through which they will be available for a limited time. The collection makes it’s debut at Tokyo’s Isetan Shinjuku store tomorrow, January 4th, and we’ve collaborated with Dior to photograph several pieces from a Japanese perspective. Where as the original shots showed hints of Paris before a gloomy sky, (see the campaign here), our images capture some of the bags, wallets , scarves and bracelets from the collection amongst icons of the Tokyo cityscape. From Tokyo Tower to the banks of the Sumida River via temples and a Japanese garden, it’s a truly Japonaise affair. This meeting of fashion house heritage and contemporary art fits perfectly into the Tokyo setting, a futuristic city that retains the traditions of its past, each inspiring the other.
Anselm Reyle for Dior Photographed by Dan Bailey for Tokyo Dandy
Styled by Joe
Model and Production Assitant Anna Roche
Anselm Reyle for Dior Pop-up Store at Isetan Shinjuku from January 4th – 17th (ISETAN WEBSITE)
We’re big fans of Kyoto based artist Chocomoo’s work. Her fun infused work is inspired by fashion and music as well as traditional Japanese culture. Chocomoo has collaborated with singer Ai, H&M and Joyrich amongst others bringin her work to a wider audience. We use her portrait of us as our Twitter profile photo (see here). As we head into the New Year, we asked Chocomoo to produce an illustration celebrating the year of the dragon. We’ll post that in a couple of days, for now, here’s a look at some of Chocomoo’s previous work, more of which can be seen on her website below.
「I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER ME ／おぼえてて」は、損なわれた命、喪失、記憶を主題として扱い続けて来たオノ・ヨーコによるドラマチックな新作インスタレーション。本作は日本における彼女自身の戦争体験と、広島と長崎の恐怖に対する洞察と置換、そして2011年3月の出来事から触発されました。オノはこれを見る人たちの感情と向かい合い、一人ひとりの記憶を開くためにこの作品を制作。インスタレーション「I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER ME ／おぼえてて」は私たちそれぞれの想念を投影する窓であると共に、私たちの心と体験の中のいくつもの領域が共鳴する機会を供します。これまで様々な方法で制作された「FREIGHT TRAIN」「Ex-It」「WISH TREES」「IMAGINE PEACE」等の作品と同様に、本作はオノの大いなる才気を示す作品のひとつです。
オノ・ヨーコ「I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER ME ／おぼえてて」展
会期：2011年12月7日（水） – 2012年1月28日（土）
時間：12:00 – 19:00
年末年始休業日：12月25 – 1月9日
会場：GALLERY 360º
Yoko Ono is the artist behind an interesting new installation at Gallery 360º in Tokyo.
‘I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER ME / OBOETETE is a dramatic new installation of YOKO ONO dealing with shattered lives, loss and remembrance. Inspired by her own experiences of growing up in war-torn Japan, displacement and awareness of the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and now by the events of March 2011, ONO has created works that confront the emotions of the viewer and open up memories in each individual.
The installation I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER ME / OBOETETE serves as a window through which we can project our own thoughts, and find resonance in many areas of our own minds and experiences. This is one of the great abilities of ONO’s work, which time and again she has realized in many different ways with works such as FREIGHT TRAIN, Ex-It, WISH TREES, IMAGINE PEACE, and so many others.’
‘I Want You To Remember Me’
December 7th 2011 – January 28th 2012 Gallery 360º Website
Opening in June 2010, HIROMART Gallery is one of Tokyo’s newest spaces. Exhibiting works from a range of Art media from contemporary artists around the world, their ‘Collection Show’ is a n opportunity to look at work shown by all their artists during the year as well as some new pieces.
The Collection Show, Artworks 2011
December 10th – 30th, 2011
Photography, Paper cutting, Water color, Acrylic, Oil paintings, Mixed-media, Drawing, Abstract paper collage etc.
Hours: 1 to 7 pm, Closed on Monday and Tuesday (or by appointment)
Gallery Night:Every Wednesdays, Late opening until 9pm
Artists:
Michael Macioce, Jad Fair, Claudia Ahlering, Yuka Goto, Ki Yoon Ko + Igor Maier, Paddy Shaw,
Zdravko Toic, 1010
We finally made it to the Irving Penn and Issey Miyake Visual Dialogue Exhibition at the 21_21 Design Site last week. Actually this was our first time in this space, and what seems like a small building in the gardens of Midtown actually spreads deep underground giving a cavernous space to celebrate the relationship between these two remarkable talents. The Japanese designer sent his collection to be photographed by the New York based Penn over a two decade time period, this exhibition is a retrospective of this unique relationship and well worth a visit. The exhibition also displays some of Penn’s well known prints, making the exhibition a must for fashion and photography fans alike.
Omotesando Hills plays host to ‘Vivienne Westwood Shoes, An Exhibition 1973-2012′ which opens today, December 1st. Glass cases displaying the well crafted pieces fill the spacious hall in chronological order. I headed straight to 1993 and the purple Gillie shoes which anyone old enough in the 90′s will recall Naomi Campbell taking a tumble from during a Westwood Fashion show (video here). It’s impossible not to get lost in thinking of the places these shoes have walked throughout the years as Vivienne Westwood dressed everyone from Punks to Royalty and all in between. It’s easy to see how so many designers themselves have been ‘inspired’ by Vivienne Westwood’s work. There’s so much to take in, the attention to detail is incredible and makes the exhibition a must-see for anyone with the slightest interest in any kind of design.
Vivienne Westwood Shoes, And Exhibition 1973 – 2011
December 1st – January 9th
1,000 Yen
Omotesando Hills
Make-up Artist and illustrator Tomohiro Muramatsu may be currently based in London, but this hasn’t stopped him decorating the legs of Tokyo girls through this collaboration with SISTER. Modelled here by Nakao, Tomo’s signature prints will be available online and in store form tomorrow, December 1st.
ミスター・ブレインウォッシュ（Mr.Brainwash）こと … ティエリー・グエッタ（Thierry Guetta）。ご存知かな？早速 … コンテンポラリー・ジャパン株式会社が、お台場のホテル グラン パシフィック内に「コンテンポラリー・ジャパン・ギャラリー」を開設。オープニング（2011年12月1日）展示の”目玉”として、あのミスター・ブレインウォッシュが近年に発表したシルクスクリーン作品20余点を展示・販売予定。名付けて「Mr.Brainwash Life is Beautiful」。2010年3月のニューヨークが懐かしすぎる。そう … ミートパッキング（NYC）のギャラリースペースで開かれていたブレインウォッシュの「ICONS」と題されたお披露目（下記写真がその頃の写真）。彼のこれまでの作品はもちろん … モデルに歌手、デザイナー、政治家、映画監督と沢山の著名人をモデルにした作品たち。とにかくポジティブ。マドンナの「CELEBRATION」でもご存知ブレインウォッシュ。そんなミスター・ブレインウォッシュの貴重な作品が最大規模で公開されるのだ。
CONTEMPORARY JAPAN GALLERY
日程：2011年12月1日 – 2012年1月31日
時間：11:00 – 19:00 （月曜定休）
場所：コンテンポラリー・ジャパン・ギャラリー
住所：東京都港区台場2-6-1
ホテル グランパシフィック Le Daiba 2F Verre et Cour
Whether Mr. Brainwash is indeed a videographer turned pop-artist, or as some think a side project for Banksy, his work has gotten a lot attention. ‘Life is Beautiful’ (2008) was the first show by the artist, and many pieces form that body of work are coming to Japan as part of the ‘Contemporary Japan Gallery’ taking place from December ast 2011 – January 31st 2012 on the second floor of Hotel Grand Pacifica on Odaiba Isalnd in Tokyo Bay. Joe already saw a lot of the works at a show in New Yorks Meat Packing district back in Feb’ 2010 (photos above).
In the crowded realm of celebrity collections ‘The Row’ stands out as a quality brand with an increasing level of quality and subsequent fan base. Like it’s founders, the Olsen twins, the brand avoids cheap publicity tactics to take time and effort in to producing something to a high standard (and matching high price tag).
Aoyama Select store ‘Adelaide’ is brining the 2012 bag collection from The Row for a special Trunk Show taking place during store opening hours of 11.00 – 20.00 from November 24th – 26th.
