There's no doubt about it: we're unabashedly devoted groupies of Takashi Murakami, who we featured here a few weeks ago and continues to hold his place as one of the main powerhouses behind the Japanese pop art movement. With a…
Continue Reading →While most artists struggle to be big in the States, others strive for the glory of being big in Japan after they've flopped in America. Of course, that isn't really the case with (our dear friend) the Canadian-born multi-disciplinary artist eepmon…
Continue Reading →If only more online stores had a typeface purchase option. Japanese design firm LoWorks sells books, DVDs, and toys when it isn't busy being awarded Favourite Website Awards' Site of the Day and collaborating with Nike and Yahoo. Takashi Murakami…
Continue Reading →Chuck Anderson Wondering Off into Space: Read JS Review | Buy It ($30) A new book by one of our favorites featuring Chuck's catalog of illustrations and photographs, new and old. Themes of his works include sharks, space, light bubbles…
Continue Reading →Hiroshi Fujiwara, Junya Watanabe, Takashi Murakami. These are all household names by now, and if you are not familiar with them, you should be. I think the late Amy Spindler said it best in her 2002 NY Times article: Japan…
Continue Reading →If you're well connected, you would've received an invite yesterday to RSVP for a private preview on Friday for Dalek's only exhibit this year, Overweight, at Washington D.C.'s Irvine Contemporary. It's gotta be one of the biggest tickets in town…
Continue Reading →Whether it's t-shirts, paintings, or prints, UK-based Lowercase Industries shies away from mass production in favor of a more personal touch. Artist Michael Latimer, whom you may know from his Enjin skateboard decks designs (kooky oblong animals that look like…
Continue Reading →Londoners and jetsetters alike should do their best to make it to the Frieze Art Fair, a Regent Park-located event that introduces and showcases new and established artists to visitors from around the world. Happening tomorrow through Sunday, the fair…
Continue Reading →My most favorite artist in the whole wide world, Takashi Murakami (see: Superflat, Louis Vuitton), is co-curating an exhibit with Giant Robot publisher Eric Nakamura, selecting the cream of the crop from Murakami's respected GEISAI art expos in Japan and…
Continue Reading →The Japan Society in NYC has an going on right now called "Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture"--curated by Takashi Murakami (you have probably seen his work for Louis Vuitton, drawing on handbags,etc). The exhibit sounds absoloutly amazing,…
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