Hatsuki Yamashita: Design Festa Tokyo

Hatsuki Yamashita's mixed media work is haunting. Yamashita's landscapes seem photographic in their detail, but the main character and focus feels empty and sinister. There isn't much information online about the artist (and my Japanese is a little rusty). These pieces were seen at Design Festa Art Fair in Tokyo. Design Festa features the work of about 10,000 artists working in a wide range of media. The two-day show is held biannually and was started in 1994. Next show date: November 10 - 11, 2012.

Anna Fidler

Anna Fidler is an artist based in Los Angeles and creates paintings, film, and music. Her paintings are psychedelic landscapes with swooping, rainbow-like arcs to undulating tentacles that depict the vibrant geography of some distant universe buried deep in her mind. Her paintings give the sensation of peering into a glittering rock cavern or rolling along a colorful lunar landscape. She has exhibited her work in Los Angeles, New York, Portland, Chicago, Seattle, and Tokyo.

Akino Kondoh animation

In a previous post, you'll remember me talking about the exhibit at the MFA titled "Contemporary Outlook: Japan." I couldn't remember this artist's name at first, but I wanted to share with you the work of Akino Kondoho, who lives in Tokyo and shows with and is represented by the Mizuma Gallery. Part of her most recent work, "Ladybirds' Requiem," is on display at the MFA. There's something visceral about her work. I wasn't able to find much information aside from her work, so I'll let it speak for itself. I wish I could show you "Ladybirds' Requiem," but alas, it is not on Youtube yet.


"Densya Kamo Shirenai," animation, 2002


"I hear the beat of the night, vol.2," pencil and acrylic on gesso, mounted on board, 2005


"Braids," pencil and acrylic on gesso, mounted on board, 2005