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QP elucidated
Yesterday we went to see the X-COLOR exhibition (日本語) at Art Tower Mito (水戸芸術館), in Ibaraki prefecture. The exhibition showed works of about two dozen Japanese street artists. The exhibition doesn't limit itself to the walls of the gallery, but also spreads around the city, as all exhibited artists have been commissioned to legally paint walls in 13 spots.
My best moment of the exhibition was to find a large installation by QP. If you've been in Tokyo, you've almost certainly seen his works all over the city. Just last week during my three-day seminar, I remember seeing his huge logo from Yurikamome line (I think a bit past Daiba station). The phoenomenon has intrigued Jean too!
This installation showed creative uses of QP's unmistakable logo stretched on adjacent surfaces when seen from a certain perspective. Walking around the room and finding one more huge instance was so much fun!... So much, that I think I even forgot to look at the other works in that same room, oops!
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Of the large amount of artwork that amused me, here are a room transformed into a junk yard (one of the cars had a boom box playing hip hop), and a sumo fight.
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I love Art Tower Mito for it being a landmark symbol of art and coolness in a city where otherwise it would be lacking. Also, it always hosts cool exhibitions making it almost worth the trip from Tokyo. Last time we went was the great Yes Yoko Ono exhibition.
This time, because of the graffiti exhibition, there were many skater kids around the place. I wonder if it will remain that way after the exhibition ends (December 4).
Posted on October 3, 2005 at 11:16 | Tweet
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