JapanPOP, edopop art show 2016

JapanPOP, FLOATING POP

JapanPOPart, an art exhibition successfully presented with a preview in Milan with a great success. The exhibition in its final form will open on March 10 IN MILAN at the Deodato Art Gallery.

artists are:

Tomoko Nagao

Hiroyuki Takahashi

Hikari Shimoda

Hitomi Maehashi

A curatorial project by Christian Gangitano, in collaboration with Deodato Arte

http://www.deodato.com/deodato_arte_italy/blog/welcome-to-the-japanese-pop-art-world

Here is the concept history starting from FLOATING WORLD from which we extrapolate the development of our research of the relationship between East and West relations in pop arts: FLOATING POP (japanese pop art), take a look to Asia as an emerging power and already dominant on the worldwide's imaginary of fashion, comics, design, as an art influencer, one of more active cultural player, economy development, not only japan therefore, that despite everything, it was the first Asian power, democracy westernized.

Hiroyuki Takahashi

With this "Japan POP art show" an innovative artist combination, we will keep the guidelines of “edo pop”, an art project that i am still forwarding since 2004, it was already started my researching about japanese pop arts since Edo period till the latest artistic trend, taking a look to expanded relationship in art between Eastern and Western pop cultures, massive consumption, advertising and communication.

Tomoko Nagao: stencil art,  白雪姫‬" Snow white with LV bug

Amazing ‪#‎Snowwhite‬ princess ‪#‎Biancaneve‬ 
‪#‎白雪姫‬" , ‪#‎spraypaint‬ ‪#‎oncanvas‬ 110x100cm, a photo from ‪#‎TomokoNagao‬studio. ‪#‎iconography‬ is the guys chatacter of the painting by ‪#‎Delacroix‬  "La libertè guidant le peuple"

 ‪#‎frenchrevolution‬ with ‪#‎louisvuittonbag‬ ‪#‎LV‬ ‪#‎stencilart‬‪#‎stencilism‬ ‪#‎japanpop‬ ‪#‎popart‬ ‪#‎nipposuggestioni‬ ‪#‎kawaiiart‬ ‪#‎superflat‬

Tomoko Nagao: Bacchino Malato, 病んだ若きバッカス The young sick bacchus with Sony Headphone, 130x120 cm‪#‎youngsickbacchus‬ ‪#‎bacchus‬ ‪#‎bacchino‬ ‪#‎bacchinomalato‬
 ‪#‎silver‬ by‪#‎TomokoNagao‬ ‪#‎Tomoko‬ ‪#‎articon‬ form ‪#‎michelangelomerisi‬
 ‪#‎Caravaggio‬‪#‎villaborghese‬
 with ‪#‎sony‬ ‪#‎headphone‬ ‪#‎cue‬ ‪#‎cuty‬ ‪#‎kawaiistencil‬ ‪#‎stenci

Ukiyo (浮世 "Floating World") Described the urban lifestyle, Especially the pleasure-seeking aspects, of Edo-period in Japan (1600-1867 Tokugawa period). The "Floating World" culture developed in Yoshiwara, the licensed red-light district of Edo town (modern Tokyo), which was the site of many brothels, chashitsu tea houses, and kabuki theaters frequented by Japan's growing middle class. The ukiyo cultures arose also in other cities Such as Osaka and Kyoto and coming out, beginning of the last century, in Paris .

TOMOKO NAGAO

Here began the first real pop art, is the famous Japanese's woodblock prints well known as ukiyo-e, or "pictures of the Floating World," In These districts, already more than 4 century ago, had began their origins the japanese's pop cultures, first in the world as an affordable art, (long time before of Andy Warhol's pop art) often depicted scenes of the Floating World itself, such as geisha, kabuki actors, sumo wrestlers, samurai, chonin and prostitutes that was same of contemporary pop stars and massive brand icons.

Tomoko Nagao: the last last supper

Tomoko Nagao: Narciso, apoteosi del brand

In fact, FLOATING POP is still a worldwide important TREND TODAY: the newest artist, son of this culture, represent mass consumption, leisure and entertainment globalized using a universal language "POP", this was already among the oriental and western culture, sign of begin of today's global marketplace.

Christian Gancitano

Hitomi Maehashi

Hikari Shimoda

Hikari Shimoda

Hikari Shimoda

Hikari Shimoda

LA LIBERTA' GUIDA IL POP: La Liberté guidant le peuple

Quando accadono cose grosse nel mondo, l'arte non può rimanere insensibile e con la ripresa del ruolo ottocentesco della "pittura di cronaca" di Gericault e sopratutto di Delacroix anche Tomoko Nagao ci racconta l'attualità secondo la sua vision.

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Libert%C3%A0_che_guida_il_popolo

IERI: (La Liberté guidant le peuple)  dipinto di Eugène Delacroix, olio su tela (260x325 cm),
 realizzato nel 1830

OGGI: la libertà guida il POP, by Tomoko Nagao, 2015. Vectorial Art, digital contents.

La Libertà GUIDA IL POP

Ecco la Marianne, nelle vesti di Cenerentola, quella Disneyana, con una scarpa Chanel (che dal 1909 è tra le icone parigine più note), sventola la bandiera di GOOGLE. La libertà è una cenerentola tra un tripudio di brand francesi, multinazionali, protagonisti della globalizzazione portatori dei valori della rivoluzione francese, libertà, fraternità, uguaglianza.Tutti oggi possono essere liberi di avere una Borsa LV (anche tarocca), Danone, pneumatici Michelin, Chanel n5. di fare uno shampoo L'Orèal, prodotti che ci rendono tutti più "uguali".

Nei panni del fanciullo pistolero ecco Bianca Neve (sempre nell'iconografia Disney) con una borsa LV al collo dal caratteristico pattern rivisitato e rivisto in stile ‪#‎superflat‬ e ‪#‎kawaii‬ (come fece #Murakami), qui con la presenza di UNCHI, l'icona giapponese della cacca, tra i simboli indiscussi delle culture Kawaii nel mondo dei Manga e delle anime( tra le più note quella nella serie di Arale e Dr Slump).

I sette Nani sono rivoluzionari del popolo, insieme a Winnie the Pooh rimasto ucciso e affettato negli scontri.

L'auto ritratto di Eugène Delacroix, ovvero il borghese con il cilindro, è affidato all' interpretazione di Mickey Mouse che è accorso dalla nota Disneyland di Parigi, la prima in Europa, con l'inseparabile MInnie a sottolineare la storica alleanza con gli Stai Uniti.

Sullo sfondo non ci sono le torri delle cattedrale di Notre dame ma la Piramide del Louvre, il castello di Disneyland e una Centrale per la produzione di energia Atomica:
la piramide del Louvre riprende, suggerendolo, lo schema che caratterizza la composizione dell'opera ma anche il primato culturale dei Francesi che hanno conquistato e conservano opere da tutto il mondo.
La vocazione ECO e Green di Tomoko è ribadita nell'ultimo livello di questa complessa allegoria del contemporaneo e dell'attualità, ricordando la grande produzione di energia Nucleare da parte dei Francesi che garantisce consumo e produttività.

Chris Gangitano ‪#‎nipposuggestioni‬ MiCroPoP, ultime tendenze artistiche dal giappone visionario Comunicarearte - Atelier Spazio XPO 

ENGLISH:

When big things happen in the world, art can not remain indifferent and with the remake of the role of the nineteenth-century "topics painting" of Gericault and Delacroix also Tomoko Nagao tells the actuality happening according to his vision.

Freedom GUIDE THE POP

Here Marianne, in the role of Cinderella, that is in Disney mood, with a shoe Chanel (which since 1909 is among the most famous icons of Paris), waves the flag of GOOGLE. Freedom is a Cinderella in a blaze of French brands, multinationals corporations, globalization protagonists embody the values ​​of the French Revolution, <freedom, brotherhood, uguaglianza> . Everybody today can be free to have a LV bag (even fake), Danone, Michelin tires, Chanel n5. L'Oreal to make a shampoo, products that make us all more "equal".

In the role of the Child gunslinger here is Snow White (Disney iconography) with a LV bag, with a characteristic pattern revisited and revised style # superflat and kawaii (as did Murakami for LV), here with the presence of UNCHI, the Japanese icon of poo, among the undisputed symbols of Kawaii cultures in the world of manga and anime (the most famous one is PINK, in the series of Dr. Slump and Arale).

The Seven Dwarfs are revolutionaries of the people, along with Winnie the Pooh, is sliced ​​killed in the clashes.

The self portrait of Eugène Delacroix, or the bourgeois with the cylinder, is entrusted to the 'interpretation" of Mickey Mouse being rushed from the famous Disneyland Paris, the first in Europe, with the inseparable MInnie to emphasize the historical alliance with United States.

In the background there are not the towers of Notre Dame, but the Louvre Pyramid, the castle of Disneyland and a Central plant for the production of atomic energy:

the Louvre Pyramid resumes the pattern that characterizes the composition of the work, but also the cultural primacy of the French who have conquered and preserved works from around the world.

The vocation ECO and Green of Tomoko is reiterated in the last level of this complex allegory of contemporary and current massive consumption society, remembering the great production of nuclear energy by the French that ensures consumption and productivity.

write by Chris Gangitano # nipposuggestioni #Micropop, latest artistic trends from Japan visionary art, Comunicarearte - Atelier Space XPO, Milan, Italy.

Salomè micropop series: newpop e superflat high value

The series of artworks of "Micropop" by Tomoko Nagao "TOMOKO" dedicated to Salomè is complete for its first part. the first group of works of this genre are divided into "micro Salome", "heads in the dish" and "large format".  the relationship between East and West is reconfirmed strong and renewed, with a very fine painting technique and quality, due to the "superflat" Japanese master of Tomoko, his cool sensei Yoshitomo Nara.

The character of the various representative Salomè, is expressed in the hair color and the color of the ribbon (ribbon on the hair, such as Hello Kitty). The technique of giving a character to characters, depending on the color of the hair, comes from the cultures of Mangaka and picked up by Tomoko as OTAKU reader of manga.

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• two works from the series "micro Salome" will be available from February 14 (Valentine's Day 2013 event) at the  Dorothy Circus Gallery in Rome, a rare example of quality and attention to waves pop and pop surrealism, high quality in Italy. 

• We are pleased to announce that "NIPPOSUGGESTIONI" will organize on March 14 will inaugurate, an exhibition SOLO SHOW of Tomoko, in Milan, in Via Manzoni, in the heart of the city.

Curate by Silvia Balestri, concept design by Chris Gangitano, an exhibition-event with several guests including a section on "nipposuggestionati peep show": here you can spy on, some small-format works created by renowned artists and emerging artists who have been fascinated by pop culture and new Japanese pop like Manga or prints ukiyoe. during exhibition, march 23th we will invite you to the presentation of the new book by writer Francesca Scotti, who now lives in Nagoya, the city of Japan from which Tomoko comes. 

• March 5th  Tomoko exhibit two works "large format" Salomè and one "Kawaiizzazioni" print, in a show named "ROAD MAP", curate by -SPUTNIK arts Project- at OCA (officine creative Ansaldo) the renovated industrial space dedicated to pop  cultures and new languages ​​for young artists and designers, an art exhibition where will be gathered about a dozen artists from different stories and from different countries, all working for a long time with many different languages​​. For each of They were asked to deal with an ancient theme, travel, and the imagery and iconography throughout the dream that always goes with it.                        In the dense symbolism and its various implications of literature, in fact, the artists will guide us on a journey that starts from Odysseus (Ulysses) to the "Japan Visionary" of global consumption and "fast traveling", represented in a print " icon " of Tomoko through the "birth of Venus from the console playstation - taken from Botticelli" 
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• Chris Gangitano (instagram #nipposuggestioni) 

SALOME' by Artemisia Gentileschi