Today I went to two art shows in Tokyo. The first was at Diesel Denim Gallery Aoyama which is one of two Diesel stores in the world that has special installation art work. Yes, it’s a store (I bought a watch), but the art installations they support are really cool.
The installation on the second floor was by an American artist named Mark Jenkins. It was really weird but really cool. The picture above is just twisted… I hardly have the words to describe it. Skeleton, no-face woman, weird animal-suit person, eating a boob, and a ninja baby. Yep, covered all of the important bases. It was fun to join in!
The installation in the store part of the space is a really well laid out lighting setup by Ayako Maruta:
After that I went to a show called “Graphic Design in Japan 2008″ at Tokyo Midtown in Roppongi. It was an overview of award winning graphic design in the current year. There was some really cool stuff, my favorite was a specially designed poster made out of puzzle pieces. Here it is:
Be sure to check out the rest of the gallery, there are some other really interesting designs in there.