ART

Yuka Numata’s artworks are exhibited until mid April, at Monblanc Ginza flagship store. We talked about the theme of her work— ‘The border between real life and virtual reality’—and iron beads incorporated in her works.

Rie Yamada is an artist who confronts the difficult issues concerning family. In this interview, we talk about what our “true self” is and the future concept of family in Japan, as seen in her new marriage hunting-based project Familie suchen.

Tapetum Lucidum is Tam Ochiai’s latest exhibition. We interviewed Ochiai, who creates work that inspires the viewers’ free imagination.

A dialogue between MARCO, a photographer who published the digital photo book “VISITOR”, and Moga Mogami, who acted as a model.

Miracle-kun, an elementary schooler living in Okinawa, currently works as an illustrator. The bright and energetic artist tells TOKION about how he started as an illustrator and what he wants to convey through his work.

Popular both in Japan and overseas, works in this category, made by self-taught artists, are original and powerful — and the subject of critical debate.

In this interview, we ask mangaka Yūichi Yokoyama about his art style “neo manga:” what lies beyond its fast-looking onomatopoeias, time depicted in equal intervals, and expressionless characters?

What does it mean to see? A photography exhibition which prohibited visitors from entering was showing until recently. It explored the act of exhibiting and preserving art- actions that oppose one another. We examine the exhibition’s true meaning.

The prolific artist-cum-fashion designer, Mayu Yukishita, reveals her impetus of starting out in illustration to establishing her own fashion brand.

Dennis McGrath is a photographer based in Los Angeles. He takes monochromatic photos of skaters cruising down the streets. Aside from skateboard photos, he captures adult film stars with his camera. Think: an adult film star strolling along a poolside, instead of strutting like it were a runway.