nara yoshimoto: 'nothing ever happens'
and the contemporary musuem
Sunday, May 22, 2005
we finally made it to the contemporary museum for the yoshimoto nara 'nothing ever happens' exhibit. lucky thing, cause next sunday is the last day (and i will be flying out on wednesday). the contemporary museum is a small, beautiful museum with only 2 main galleries, a great cafe, and lush gardens overlooking a grand view of diamondhead crater. i can't believe that this is my first visit. i kinda fell in love with the place. gotta drop by again with some romantic company ;)
"Yoshimoto Nara, like quite a few contemporary artists, roots his work in anime, but unlike those artists, he's one of the best proponents of the genre creating art that arguably, at times, transcends the idiom. His colors are subtle, he goes beyond the typical facial expressions so common in anime-based art, and shows competence in a variety of mediums, producing wall sculptures, oversized floor sculptures, drawings, paintings, and large platter-shaped forms to which canvas has been applied in sheets, then primed, then painted." (from artbusioness.com)
we had a light snack at the cafe, and walked the gardens before visiting the main gallery. the ' nothing ever happens ' exhibit had a great collection of fun sculptures, paintings, sketches, and drawings by the artist. his art had such great faces (cute, pop, anime with depth and character). too bad i couldn't take pics inside the gallery (here's the same exhibit in sjma) a quick stop at the gift shop and off to coffeetalk. until the next visit...
for more pics click here: contemporary museum
2 Comments:
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At 4:44 PM,
SooHK said...
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love that snoppy looking dog...
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At 3:59 PM,
dreaming-neko said...
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snoopy's always rock...
