It’s now already June. This year is blowing by and catching a day, hoping to let it last longer than a few moments seems to be an impossibility. Yesterday, I wrote my May’s Moments on the back of my May month calendar page. It’s now something I’ve come to enjoy. As I looked back at…
Tag: Art
yoshitomo nara
I first learned about Yoshitomo Nara when I visited the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo in 2024. Yes, I know. I was late. In my defense though, I’m always the last to board the train. Nara was born in Japan in 1959. He grew up in a rural town in Aomori prefecture (northern Japan)…
jun kaneko
Experience the work of the Japanese-American ceramicist, Jun Kaneko. Earlier drawings (c. 1950s-1960s) show his chops at a young age. Dangos are Kaneko’s free standing pieces named after the chewy Japanese rice flour dumplings. They are perhaps akin to giant three dimensional canvases on which he can experiment with colour, techniques, and of course sculpting….
watercolours ep. 2
The Japanese have a concept – a specific word just to describe how colours develop when they’re used. Hasshoku (発色) translates to colour development. What that really refers to is the way colours evolve, and how vivid they become when they’re used. Isn’t that just lovely? That a language has a word just for that…