Japundit (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
The first instance of tentacle eroticism (aka squid porn) is largely attributed to legendary Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai who created an erotic woodcut of the ukiyo-e (’pictures of the floating world’) genre around 1820 called The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife (aka ‘Pearl Diver and Two Octopuses’) depicting a woman entwined sexually with a pair of octopuses.
PhotoReflect (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
click photo to enlarge I've looked at my pond several times over recent weeks thinking that it contains an image. I've pointed my camera at it but not pressed the shutter. I've also pointed my camera at it, pressed the shutter then quickly erased the resulting images. But, when I looked at it for what I thought would be the final time this year - as a potential source of photographs, that is - I saw...
Slog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Jaycee (Click to Enlarge) pun(c)tuation, a new gallery directed by local artist Maikoiyo Alley-Barnes opens tonight at 6 pm with a show called The Shogunate Revisited , featuring works from artists Mike Wagner and I AM. It's located at 705A E Pike Street (right next to Honey Hole ). The show promises, among other things, Japanese wood block print-influenced works displayed "against a backdrop...
downthetubes.net news blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Here's some info about the shows ace podcaster Alex Fitch is involved with that will be broadcast over the next 7 days: On air: Strip! - Ctrl Alt Shift: Lightspeed Champion and Savage Messiah Continuing 'British Mavericks' month on the Strip!, broadcast on ResonanceFM, Alex Fitch looks at the new charity anthology: " Ctrl Alt Shift unmasks corruption ", a collection of short comic strips...
Birds and Birdhouses (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
The majestic serenity of nature is evoked in this beautiful collection of reproductions of works by Hokusai, Hiroshige, Utamaro, and other Japanese masters. Acid-free inks, paper, and adhesives. $1.50 | Birding Books | Read more...
oyster-sauce (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
SEEING DOUBLE: Love and Peace vs. The Great Wave Off Kanagawa Top: Love and Peace by Caroline Calvin Bottom: The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai Caroline Calvin created a denim mosaic that depicts a detail of Hokusai's well-known woodblock print, The Great Wave Off Kanagawa . Sized at 22 feet x 12 feet, and incorporating 35 pairs of jeans, the piece is called Love and Peace. Calvin, a...
HIDE YOUR ARMS (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
There will never be enough tees of Hokusai’s The Great Wave, and this one has skulls on it! Costiness=$30 Available from Faded Line Clothing [via Rumplo]
Gourmet Pigs (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The recently opened Allston Yacht Club offers something quite different from other places in Echo Park. A small-plate restaurant combining American, Asian, and African influences with a wine bar and an inventive cocktail program. All the plates are priced under $10, making it quite the affordable neighborhood destination. Not that Echo Park is my neighborhood, so it wasn't like I just meandered over...
bLavish (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Wow, the the Aura estate in Cyprus is like nothing we have ever seen before on the luxury real estate market. Featuring a property design based on the Japanese artist “Hokusai” Kanagawa wave, this residence leaves nothing untouched by luxury. Asking price, €12,500,000.
Around Britain with a Paunch (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
To say my parents are keen gardeners would be like saying that Prince Phillip is a trifle conservative. Mum writes gardening books and is a garden designer. Dad spends every second he’s not at work in his overalls doing as Mum says… Our garden has developed over the 20 years we’ve lived there from being a bunch of fields into a gallery of different artistic rooms . Mum and Dad have...
Luxist (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The Aura residence is like nothing I've ever seen before. This unique home is located in Larnaca on the island of Cyprus a short drive from the Larnaca marina and the Cyprus international airport. The design was based on the Kanagawa wave of the famous Japanese artist "Hokusai" and features a unique ribbed roof. The luxurious home on Dekelia beach has six bedrooms, a hammam, media room,...
ONE INCH PUNCH (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Hokusai’s extraordinary Great Wave art piece has become iconic and subsequently popularised to death! However, Levi’s did do a slightly different take with their 3D jeans poster advert. If your memory needs a nudge, see the original below, along with another rendition with an eagle. See more Hokusai Great Wave designs on Designer-Daily.com Technorati Tags: art, design, Great [...]
Adland (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Designer Daily has done a little legwork spotting Hokusai’s great wave references everywhere. I'm really impressed by the Levi's ad made of jeans and the great wave made of rice crops . Even Kozyndan's great rabbit wave is being spoofed and referenced all over, I spotted it on Cartoon Network Ed, Edd n Eddy the other day but failed to grab my camera on time. Plus people still won't shup about...
Designer Daily (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
The great wave by Hokusai is probably one of the most iconic artwork in the world of Ukiyo-e . Just like for other super famous artworks, the wave has been reinterpreted, discover a few of those adaptations in the following collection. The Quicksilve logo reminds you something? A Levi’s ad made of jeans. From the Rayman fan page . The great Kanagawa eagle. Via Ninja vs Bunny . The Street Wave....
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
There are people who express their displeasure over SUV’s by firebombing them . LA-based illustrator team Kozyndan has a kinder, gentler but altogether deadlier solution, involving giant sleeping rabbits. You will know Kozyndan as the people whose lapine reimagining of Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa , along with other rabbit-themed work, was used without credit by Sony for their...
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