Tag: japanese art
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Sometime Tokyo. A pop-up writings collection with holiday wishes.
A pop-up newsletter as art project, covering two weeks in Tokyo with ink painting artist and writer Mafalda Tenente
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“Eight Views of Kanazawa in Winter”, February 04-16 at Ishikawa International Salon. A dream come true, five years in the making.
From February 04 to 16 I am looking forward to welcoming visitors to the Kanazawa International Salon in Kanazawa city, Ishikawa prefecture. This exhibition celebrates the completion of a nearly five-year long project – the “Eight Views of Kanazawa in Winter” ink painting series – in the very city that inspired the series. It is…
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On an autumn day at Hōmu
Two days ago I was in Basel for the opening of my Autumn-themed exhibition at Hōmu, Japanisch Wohnen in Basel. It was the opening weekend for the Basel Herbstmesse too, the sun kept peeking through the clouds on one of the balmiest autumn days so far. These are the nicest days, aren’t they? When the…
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Paint the lotus season. Rinse. Repeat.
I have been meaning to do this for a while, but somehow I was always in the wrong place at the right time of year. Recording the development of the lotus season from a single place in Zurich – the small pond of the Old Botanical Garden.
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A rainy day, at level with the treecreeper behind brushed green clouds.
I have to admit, as much as I love the warmth of spring blossoms, there is something special about the musical rhythm of a garden or park on a rainy day. Have you noticed it too?
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All I did was sit at my desk and pick up a brush pen.
“All I did was go to the library to pick up a book.” Murakami Haruki in „The Strange Library“ This sentence by Murakami, or the variation in today’s title really describes best how a new painting idea slowly takes form on paper, or in this case, bookbinder’s board. Books or walks are the seed, but…