UNBREAKABLE: AYANE YAMAMOTO
12 July 2022 • Mark Westall
In Ayane Yamamoto’s ‘Unbreakable’ exhibition, the artist depicts mental health struggles close to her, symbolized by the Greek mythological figure Medusa.
Tag: Japanese artist
Kyosai: The Israel Goldman Collection at the Royal Academy of Arts
18 March 2022 • Lee Sharrock
I must admit that before I visited the Kawanabe Kyosai exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, I wasn’t familiar with his work, and expected to see something in the vein of the revered Japanese artist Hokusai. Kyosai is considered to be a close successor of Hokusai, however, the exhibition felt more like looking at the work of an illustrator and satirist than a fine artist.
FAME is the first London solo exhibition by Japanese artist Teiji Hayama
16 January 2020 • Mark Westall
FAME is the first London solo exhibition by Japanese artist Teiji Hayama. The exhibition introduces a new body of oil paintings that examine what it means to be famous in the age of digital celebrity.