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Yoshitaka Amano
A superluminary in the world of Japanese manga, anime and video games, Yoshitaka Amano has recently turned to sumi-e , a 700-year-old practice of monochrome ink painting that, until now, has had a rigid set of leitmotifs. Not so in Amano's contemporary hands, which pinpoint body parts from the world of Princess Mononoke and Akira and render them in wordless detail.
192 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2003
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Rachel Kushner
58 books2,735 followersRachel Kushner is the bestselling author of three novels: the Booker Prize- and NBCC Award–shortlisted The Mars Room; The Flamethrowers, a finalist for the National Book Award and a New York Times top ten book of 2013; and Telex from Cuba, a finalist for the National Book Award. She has been awarded prizes and fellowships from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Guggenheim Foundation. Her novels are translated into 26 languages. She lives in Los Angeles and wants you to know that if you're reading this and curious about Rachel, whatever is unique and noteworthy in her biography that you might want to find out about is in her new book, The Hard Crowd, which will be published in April 2021. An excerpt of it appeared in the New Yorker here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20....
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August 14, 2012
I've seen this book for sale online, but the totally unprofessional cover made me think it was one of those "Wikipedia articles pasted in a book" type of deals. It was that cover that kept me from buying it for so long. Good news: It's actually a legitimate artbook.
This book collects Amano's attempts at sumi-e, or "ink painting". He uses a crinkly rice paper and black inksticks to produce some very effective portraits as well as eyes. Many, many eyes. I would say eyes are a third of this book's content. He doesn't hold back his very expressive brushstrokes, which amaze me technically as an artist.
There are about five color ink works in this book. They remind me of his "Deva Loka" exhibit, which is not a bad thing. The colors are very vibrant.
At the end of the day, I was glad that I paid only $8 for this book. It's not my favorite artbook of his that I own, but it's certainly one of the most interesting. Don't bother buying it for more than $20 unless you need this book to complete your collection.
This book collects Amano's attempts at sumi-e, or "ink painting". He uses a crinkly rice paper and black inksticks to produce some very effective portraits as well as eyes. Many, many eyes. I would say eyes are a third of this book's content. He doesn't hold back his very expressive brushstrokes, which amaze me technically as an artist.
There are about five color ink works in this book. They remind me of his "Deva Loka" exhibit, which is not a bad thing. The colors are very vibrant.
At the end of the day, I was glad that I paid only $8 for this book. It's not my favorite artbook of his that I own, but it's certainly one of the most interesting. Don't bother buying it for more than $20 unless you need this book to complete your collection.
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