A couple of days ago I stumbled upon a unique pop-up shop in South Kensington. Inside the window are a series of pink creatures pulling obscure faces to the public and begging you to come inside and get to know them. Collectionaires is a boutique that sells luxury Japanese clothing that is specially hand selected […]
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If the name Yoshimoto Nara is unfamiliar to you, then I am almost certain that you would at least recognise his cartoon like images, which are coincidentally, currently on display at the Dairy Art Centre. The show comprises sculpture, drawings, painting and even a water fountain in a retrospective style set-up. Nara is a Japanese […]
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The Victoria Miro Gallery on Wharf Road is situated in a vastly different location to its Mayfair counterpart. The surrounding area is predominantly residential and it appears to be lacking in luxury boutiques and swanky restaurants. In fact, you have to pass a petrol station and a McDonalds to get to it. Yet this unassuming […]
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A diverse display of Japanese erotica can be seen at the Michael Hoppen Gallery in Chelsea. The contemporary photography of Nobuyoshi Araki which displays the art of Japanese bondage is presented beside traditional Shunga prints of the eighteenth and nineteenth century in a show which engages us with the arresting beauty of something which probably […]
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The artwork of Japanese artist Mariko Mori is unlike anything I am used to. Her exhibition at the Royal Academy’s Burlington Gardens is a display of light, nature and purity. The show is deeply concerned with the natural world, the seasons and the life cycle. It is sort of like a science, religion and art […]
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