This was a lovely exhibition in only one room but colour, cuteness and creativity were everywhere. Bits and pieces of materials and patterns were put together to make large badges. Boiled wool, I think, gave some lovely colours.
You have to do it by yourself … And you can't do it alone. [Martin Rutte]
Archives for the day of: June 3, 2012
Just as I went down to the basement of Parco, there was a long queue of people. Oh no, I thought, that would be for the Yasuko Mitsuura exhibition. But it wasn’t! People were in line to get their very recently purchased book signed by none other than Ogisu Masayuki. I have to admit that I don’t know who he is (!) but when I had a flick through his book, it was inspirational.
Last day of this gem of an exhibition. All those kawaii characters that are around now – ie girls with the huge glistening eyes descend from a few artists, this is one of them, Rune Naito. The characters seemed much more simple and bold back then. You can see the influence of pretty Victorian era pictures – many young girls wear cosplay (wearing character costumes). The girl wearing the headscarf with the black poodle reminds me very much today of how Japanese girls and women dress – always impeccably dressed but every little detail thought out. Pattern for the Japanese seems to be their verson of ‘a pop of colour’.
www.naitou-rune.jp/pc/en/top_e.html
