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DAILY PICKS Art from Giant Robot 2 The Art of Problem Solving, and much more.
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They might spell their name lowercase, but their works always speak bright. The detail is mesmerizing and the subject matter is always creative, interesting and filling the hole in your own imagination. If you thought, “it would be neat if _____________ were doing ______________ at _______________. That’s sort of what they do in their drawings. We have an array of their products including their newer posters. Amsterdam (detail at below right) and Best Sushi in Town. Their infamous Uprisings print (below left) was created for the cover of Giant Robot 28
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The Minneapolis Institute of the Arts is featuring a show called Edo Pop “Edo Pop: The Graphic Impact of Japanese Prints” which begins tomorrow, the 30th and continues through January 8th, 2012. The show features 160 images from the masters including some remixes including Yoshitomo Nara’s piece above. The collection is from donors and is part of a 3000 print collection. It sounds like a lot, but other museums have tens of thousands. The curator, Matthew Welch dropped some words for (salon.com – Edopop) He explains Ukiyo-e, which is what these prints are. “There was a novelist in Japan called Asai Ryoi, and he published a book in 1661 called the “Ukiyo monogatari,” or “Tales of the Floating World.” His use of “ukiyo” in the title was a wordplay.”
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