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Category: Art

  • Yuichi Higashionna Wins Berengo Prize

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    101TOKYO has announced the winner of its Berengo Prize — the fair’s “best of show” — and that artist is Yuichi Higashionna, who “crafts chaotic chandeliers and installations out of everyday objects such as fluorescent lights and hand mirrors.” The prize gives Higashionna a residency at the Berengo Studio in Venice. Here’s an interview with…

  • Design Festa Vol. 29

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    Couldn’t make it to this past weekend’s Design Festa (Vol. 29)? Tokyomade‘s Masao posts a Flickr photoset.

  • Goliga Books

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    Andrew just brought to my attention Goliga Books, an independent Tokyo-based editorial firm that creates books about photography, art, and design for various publishers, and run by Ivan Vartanian, a former New Yorker. I see its behind Tiffany Godoy’s Style Deficit Disorder, a Harajuku fashion primer I quite enjoyed — Néojaponisme was a bit more…

  • Tokyo Art Map May/June '09

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    Just a reminder that the May/June ’09 edition of TAB’s Tokyo Art Map is out. If you can’t find it, you can download and print a PDF version as well (fits on four A4 sheets).

  • Venom Palette

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    I had a chance to check out Daniel‘s exhibition yesterday — the one I posted about — and quite enjoyed what I saw. The best was to have him explain the meaning behind each piece — it was great to hear the justification for each element used. Unbelievably, he’s selling t-shirts for 1,000 yen —…

  • Next PauseTalk (Vol. 31)

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    Just a friendly reminder that this month’s edition of PauseTalk (Vol. 31) happens this Monday (May 11) at Cafe Pause — it’s the second Monday this month due to this past week’s Golden Week holiday. Start time is 20:00, as always. Also, this PT will mark the start of an exhibition at the cafe (until…

  • Audrey Kawasaki Exhibition

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    Artist Audrey Kawasaki has an exhibition that starts tomorrow (running until May 16) at the Space Yui gallery in Aoyama, and she previews the works in this LiveJournal entry. Via Boing Boing.

  • Venom Palette in Tokyo

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    Swedish illustrator Daniel Johansson, otherwise known as Venom Palette, will have a show this coming week (May 8-14) at the Design Festa Gallery in Harajuku. Some of you may remember that I featured a piece Daniel created for PKN Gothenburg a while back over at PechaKucha Daily.