SugiPOP!: The Influence of Anime and Manga on Contemporary Art @ LeBasse Projects (March 19 open)
LeBasse Projects present: ‘SugiPOP!: The Influence of Anime and Manga on Contemporary Art’ ~ opening March 19th and exhibiting thru April 9th, with an opening reception on March 19th from 6pm to 9pm. Posted immediately below is the exact extract of the event-press, along with a quartet of artwork preview images especially for you. Enjoy.
SugiPOP!: The Influence of Anime and Manga on Contemporary Art’ opened in Fall 2010 at the Portsmouth Museum of Art. Elements of the exhibition now come to LA to be seen at LeBasse Projects.
The show features the work of more than 30 artists tracing the origins of manga, the rise of Japanese Contemporary Art and into how the art forms have influenced artists around the world.
Sugi, the Japanese word for ‘too much,’ represents the extreme characteristics of Japanese manga and anime, which have merged with the American phenomenon of Pop, to become SugiPOP - a blend of Japanese and American contemporary art shaped and defined by over-the-top pop.
The exhibition features an international roster of artists including Japanese Contemporary artists Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, Yoshitaka Amano and Hisashi Tenmyouya.
International artists contributing to the exhibit include Gary Baseman, Simone Legno, Yumiko Kayukawa, Seonna Hong, Audrey Kawasaki, Hush, Morgan Slade, Edwin Ushiro, Matt Haber, James Roper, Andrew Hem, Mike Shinoda, SharkToof, Yoskay Yamamoto and more. Finally the exhibition includes original cels from some of the most significant anime films ever made, including Cowboy Bebop and Princess Mononoke.
The artists in this exhibition have been influenced in every way by everything that surrounds them—media, technology, commercialism, history—all those elements get creatively synthesized as today’s fine art. According to curator Beau Basse, ‘The art forms of Anime and Manga have had a huge impact on contemporary art and particularly global pop-culture in general. While many contemporary artists are not obviously influenced by the Japanese forms, upon closer inspection a viewer can begin seeing how the style has been absorbed and re-imagined by many an artist.’
LeBasseProjects
6023 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
About LeBasse Projects:
SugiPOP!: The Influence of Anime and Manga on Contemporary Art’ opened in Fall 2010 at the Portsmouth Museum of Art. Elements of the exhibition now come to LA to be seen at LeBasse Projects.
The show features the work of more than 30 artists tracing the origins of manga, the rise of Japanese Contemporary Art and into how the art forms have influenced artists around the world.
Sugi, the Japanese word for ‘too much,’ represents the extreme characteristics of Japanese manga and anime, which have merged with the American phenomenon of Pop, to become SugiPOP - a blend of Japanese and American contemporary art shaped and defined by over-the-top pop.
The exhibition features an international roster of artists including Japanese Contemporary artists Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, Yoshitaka Amano and Hisashi Tenmyouya.
International artists contributing to the exhibit include Gary Baseman, Simone Legno, Yumiko Kayukawa, Seonna Hong, Audrey Kawasaki, Hush, Morgan Slade, Edwin Ushiro, Matt Haber, James Roper, Andrew Hem, Mike Shinoda, SharkToof, Yoskay Yamamoto and more. Finally the exhibition includes original cels from some of the most significant anime films ever made, including Cowboy Bebop and Princess Mononoke.
The artists in this exhibition have been influenced in every way by everything that surrounds them—media, technology, commercialism, history—all those elements get creatively synthesized as today’s fine art. According to curator Beau Basse, ‘The art forms of Anime and Manga have had a huge impact on contemporary art and particularly global pop-culture in general. While many contemporary artists are not obviously influenced by the Japanese forms, upon closer inspection a viewer can begin seeing how the style has been absorbed and re-imagined by many an artist.’
LeBasseProjects
6023 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
