AKIYOSHI MISHIMA

2008.8.28　 Text: Mariko Takei

Akiyoshi Mishima is an artist, who brings his ability into full play as an art director and an image director in the graphic art group Enlightenment led by Hiro Sugiyama. Also, on his solo-project, he unfolds his own...

SU-MEI TSE

2008.8.22　 Text: Mariko Takei

In an oeuvre applying a poetic amalgam of sound and image to a range of media – photography, video, installations, objects – Su-Mei Tse uses constantly shifting, constantly re-examined points of view to work towards h...

MAGDALENA FISCHER

2008.8.14　 Text: David Hubner

Magdalena Fischer is one of Austrias finest in photography. The up and coming young artist is currently focusing on human portraiture and has already gained quite a reputation and the respect of fellow photographers. ...

AUGUSTO COSTHANZO

2008.8.12　 Text: Gisella Lifchitz

It was a bright beautiful day and I already felt happy for going there. The neighbourhood, dog and cats greeted me kindly. The room was cozy and small, filled with books, CDs, magazines and toys. Everything was in it...

BASSO & BROOKE

2008.8.8　 Text: Shintaro Miyazaki

Opera-like emotions and maxi-maximalism. Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Berlin: Show Basso and Brooke, 2008 Born in the late seventies the fashion designer duo Chris Brooke and Bruno Basso presented a retrospek...

MATE-RE-INNO

2008.7.31　 Text: Tatsuhiko Akutsu

Through 18th July to 31st, “MATE-RE-INNO Exhibition” was took place in Idea Frames at Omotesando Hills, to commemorate the release of “MATE-RE-INNO - What to Hand Down to The Future Through Creating Products -”, the r...

ERIC VAN HOVE

2008.7.29　 Text: Vicente Gutierrez

Eric Van Hove is one of the eleven artists participating in the New York-to-Tokyo exhibit, Into the Atomic Sunshine. Curated by Shinya Watanabe, the works from this reflective and historically relevant exhibit center...

BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE

2008.7.28　 Text: Simon Borkin

Going to see The Brian Jonestown Massacre is always going to be more interesting than watching any of the regular Indie-muppets that are peddling their sorry wares now. The music that this band has put out in the last...

MAGDALENA RANTICA

2008.7.16　 Text: Gisella Lifchitz

Another edition of ArteBA walks by and there’s not very much to say. This contemporary art galleries fair recruits a sample of what is in the market nowadays. After the 5 day collective exhibit ends, all I can hear is...

ROZALB DE MURA

2008.7.15　 Text: Mariko Takei

The mysteriously anachronical baron lives in the mountains of Romania. One story is about to be born in Romania of the previous communist country where the fashion scene is not established yet. The name of the chie...

MIN WANG

2008.7.14　 Text: Richard B. Doubleday

In the summer of 2008, the eyes of the world will turn to Beijing, China as the city becomes host to the spectacle that will be the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Hosting the Summer Games will be one of many firsts for t...

PEPPER AND PISTOL

2008.7.11　 Text: Yukiko Oyama

Pepper and Pistol is a womenswear label from NYC, created by Silvia Hillmann and Katrin Wiens, both born in Germany. Each season they decide on a playful theme or image rich story to base their collection and bring us...