Thursday, May 20, 2010

Shoko Imano Love Handle T-shirt
glamb「12 Emerging Artists」

A popular street fashion bland 「glamb」 released T-shirts that feature 12 artists who lead the today’s art scene. The project is called 「12 Emerging Artists」.

12 Emerging Artists

Love Handle, a popular work that a heart-shaped belly is drawn on, is released as a T-shirt!




Love Handle
oil on canvas / 145.5×145.5cm / 2007






The T-shirt is also sold at a popular apparel website, ZOZOTOWN.

ZOZOTOWN


Shoko Imano (Web Site of HIRO GALLERY)

Friday, May 14, 2010

The World of HAMADA Chimei

An exhibition “The World of HAMADA Chimei -Elegy and Humor in Prints and Sculpture-“ is going to be held at The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama from July 10th [sat] to September 5th [sun], 2010.



No One Knows
bronze / 25.7×29.2×15.0cm / 1992



Chimei Hamada, who is 92 years old now, still keeps making new works vigorously.

There are approximately 160 prints and 60 sculptures from the Elegy for a New Conscript series, in which he vividly expressed the tragic experience of war, to works satirizing modern society with his special humor.

This is a large retrospective including the presentation of new works.



Irritating (A)
etching, aquatint / 36.3×24.7cm / 1974



Please enjoy the exhibition.


The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama
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Details of Chimei Hamada


“The World of HAMADA Chimei -Elegy and Humor in Prints and Sculpture-“

Venue:  The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama
Term:   July 10th [sat] to September 5th [sun]
Time:   10:00 - 17:00
[Closed on Mondays(open on July 19th), July 20th]