Japan in art, modern or contemporary artists, traditional Japanese art…
A rarity, Japan seen by David Hockney, "Mount Fuji and Flowers", 1972. After his breakup with Peter Schlesinger in the summer of 1971, Hockney traveled to Japan with his friend Mark Lancaster. He created this work in London after his return, based on a postcard of Mount Fuji and an ikebana manual. Perhaps an ironic response to the commercial culture he found in Japan, which contradicted his expectations of an untouched and bucolic landscape.
“Smoking Girl” by Yoshitomo Nara. Super contemporary Japanese artist.
I love Japan seen by Westerners, like this watercolor by Félix Elie Regamey, "View of Arashiyama in Kyoto" from 1876. Regamey, (August 7, 1844 - May 7, 1907) came from a family of artists, father, brothers, all made careers in art.
Utamaro Kitagawa, “The Hairstyle”. Series of "Yamauba and Kintaro", 1801. Morning insolence.
Magnificent document on Kabuki theater actors, but above all sublime photo taken by Tamamura Kōzaburō, photographer born in 1856 in Edo. He was the eldest son of a family linked to the Rinnoji Temple of Hoshino, a branch of the imperial family. In 1867, at the age of eleven, he apprenticed to photographer Kanamaru Genzō1 in the Asakusa district of Edo and stayed there for seven years. At the age of eighteen, he then opened his own portrait studio in Asakusa in 1874. He quickly became one of the country's most important photographers producing luxurious lacquered albums of colored views of Japan, paintings and magic lantern views which he exported all over the world and for which he had the universities of Cambridge and Chicago as regular customers.
I am continuing my Japan series, there are so many beautiful things to show, like this photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson, "Kyoto", 1965.
Really great! Yayoi Kusama in her exhibition "Floor Show" at R. Castellane Gallery, New York.
Japan series, What humor in the title of this painting by Léonard Foujita, "Cat couturier", 1927.
Japan again with Takashi Murakami, "Mr. DOB", 2016.
Extraordinary photograph of Baron Raimund Von Stillfried c.1875, taken in Japan where he had a photo studio. Yes yes, in 1875! This photo is considered a masterpiece in the history of photography.
Here I am with Aki Kuroda, in 2015, in front of one of his paintings. That’s over 40 years of friendship!
Aki Kuroda, "Space Rabbit I", Original lithograph, 2007.
Fudō Myōō (Sanskrit: Acala-vidyaraja), the leader of the Five Wisdom Kings (Godai myōō), is the wrathful avatar of Dainichi Buddha and the tenacious protector of Buddhist law. His iconography, taken from the Dainichi Sutra, describes his body as black or blue, with bulging eyes, protruding fangs biting his lower lip, and hair hanging over his left shoulder. In his left hand he carries a lasso to catch and bind demons and in his right hand a sword to decapitate them.
I particularly like this “Dancer” by Kobayakawa Kiyoshi, 1932. With the detail of the little toe coming out of the shoe!
The book La Saga Maeght by Yoyo Maeght, with dedication. Link here
I love Japan seen by Westerners, like this watercolor by Félix Elie Regamey, "View of Arashiyama in Kyoto" from 1876. Regamey, (August 7, 1844 - May 7, 1907) came from a family of artists, father, brothers, all made careers in art.
