Monday, 15 November 2010

ITAP Week 7 - Productions & Outcomes

Hosukai's Great Wave of Kanagawa
Principle 1 - Interpretation


The Great Wave of Kanagawa is a woodblock print by Hokusai a Japanese artist. It depicts an enormous wave (aka. tsunami) threatening boats near the Japanese prefecture of Kanagawa.


Later in 2004, John Mayer released an album As/Is and had the "Uprising" created by the Kozyndan. It was originally created at 2003 for the cover of Giant Robot Magazine #28. It has since become the Summer image of the "Seasons of the Bunny" series too. This is digital artwork and different from the original Great Wave. 3D model is also produce by the technologies that enables artist at the time to create 3D forms.


In 2007, Bernard Pras a French trash artist, produced another piece of The Wave. Trash art is categorized in the "Readymade" art movement. These works are primarily comprised from components that have been discarded.


Later in 2009, Chris Jordan collected pieces of plastic in the Pacific Ocean. Chris Brown named this after the Pacific Grye. Instead of paint, the colors are composed of 2.4 million pieces of plastic. The Eco Art is popular in the past few years and also now, in addition this also educates and creates awareness.



Jonathan Wakuda Fischer also had another piece of The Great Wave. Its named "Ukiyo-e" or "Pictures of the Transient World of Everyday Life" and based on the pop art style. It portrays a new urban lifestyle available to the growing middle class. Jonathan's work includes the elements of beauty, fashion and leisure with a fusion of retro.



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