Japanese artists
Do you have a weakness for Japanese art? Located on an isolated island, Japanese art remained uninfluenced by Western society for a long time. In traditional Japanese art, we often see woodblock prints (ukiyo-e), hanging scrolls (kakejiku), or illustrated handscrolls (emaki). Most often, these traditional artworks will also include calligraphy (shodo). These mediums are distinct characteristics of traditional Japanese arts. Famous traditional artists include Utamaro and Utagawa Toyokuni. More recently, Japanese modern and contemporary art has been explosive in today's art world. What was once an isolated entity, has now become a highly sought-after commodity. Artists like Takashi Murakami and Yayoi Kusama have dominated the art scene by creating wildly out-of-this-world works that contribute to Japan's thriving artistic state. Despite the initial unease towards Western influence, Japanese art has been anything sort of successful.
Since the success of Superflat, a contemporary art movement influenced by Japanese anime, manga and pop culture and founded by Takashi Murakami, Japanese artists have invaded the international art scene.
Japanese art is distinguished by its great diversity. Some artists, such as Yoshitomo Nara, with his drawings of children and dogs with large naive eyes, retain, with a focus on the theme of innocence, the sensitive and fragile aspect of their traditional art. Others add to their art a degree of provocation and eroticisicm. Yayoi Kusama and Yoko Ono, both provocative and sometimes erotic, began their careers as artists during the 1960s in New York working with the movements Happening and Fluxus, respectively.
Others still are interested in the history of their country, pop culture or the consumer society. Ryoko Watanabe, for example, is inspired by Japanese stereotypes such as the Geisha and incorporates such characters into modern and urban landscapes.
Takashi Murakami
Round and Round, the World Spins
Takashi Murakami
Print - 48 x 48 x 0.2 cm Print - 18.9 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch
£3,793
Time Bokan - Missing in the Eyes - Red
Takashi Murakami
Print - 50 x 50 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 inch
£1,617
Yoshitomo Nara
Chiharu Shiota
State of Being (pistol)
Chiharu Shiota
Sculpture - 50 x 50 x 30 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 19.7 x 11.8 inch
£116,818
Mari Ito
Origen del deseo - Energia Invisible
Mari Ito
Painting - 73 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
£5,872
Origen del deseo - El resultado del deseo
Mari Ito
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 42 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
£11,772
Origin of desire -Result of radioactive contamination
Mari Ito
Sculpture - 30 x 11 x 11 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 4.3 x 4.3 inch
£1,957
La Transformación del Deseo - Explosión de Apetito
Mari Ito
Painting - 97 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
£8,483
Origen del Deseo-Buen Rollo II
Mari Ito
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
£6,852
La Transformación del Deseo - Quiero Estar Dentro de Alegría
Mari Ito
Painting - 116 x 89 x 4 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1.6 inch
£7,180
Origen del deseo - Quiero ver
Mari Ito
Painting - 59 x 42 x 3 cm Painting - 23.2 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
£3,914
Autorretrato dentro de Alegría
Mari Ito
Painting - 46 x 38 x 4 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 1.6 inch
£2,938
Chiho Aoshima
A Courtesan in the Field of Silver Grass
Chiho Aoshima
Print - 44 x 33 cm Print - 17.3 x 13 inch
£1,500
Izumi Kato
Nobuyoshi Araki
Kinbaku-bi, l’art japonais du bondage érotique - 3 volumes sous Coffret en bois
Nobuyoshi Araki
Photography - 33 x 29 x 20 cm Photography - 13 x 11.4 x 7.9 inch
£3,145
Madsaki
Portrait of an Artist (pool with two figures) II (Inspired by David Hockney)
Madsaki
Print - 56 x 80 cm Print - 22 x 31.5 inch
£3,145
Daido Moriyama
Hajime Sorayama
T-Rex Cyborg Dinosaur Figure Silver
Hajime Sorayama
Sculpture - 23 x 65 x 15 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 25.6 x 5.9 inch
£2,952
Sexy Robot Floating (Black)
Hajime Sorayama
Design - 55.88 x 35.56 x 35.56 cm Design - 22 x 14 x 14 inch
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