Artist Profile - Mr.

Kaikai Kiki artist Mr. is one of my very favorite artists out today, however with a name like "Mr." it isn't exactly easy to search for him or his work. However I recently stumbled upon a ton of his stuff online, so I can now show you the innocent yet bizarre and slightly perverted world of Mr. ...

'Corn Dogs are the Best When Hot' 2008

'Glancing at Your Cheeks, I Can Start to Feel My Heart Changing, Just Like the Leaves' 2009

'Making Things Right' 2006

'V' 2005

'You Girls' 2007

'15 Minutes from Shiki Station' 2003

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'I Have a Headache, Oh 10 Yen!' 2006



'The Boy Who Came to Like Bukuro' 2006

'In the Late Afternoon at the Convenience Store with Big Sister' 2008

He also does these huge installations of anime children heads that you can actually walk into from the back, and there is a rediculous room inside as if you are in their mind.

Mr. is a true Otaku artist (peep this Murakami lecture to learn more about Otaku culture), who paints in worlds of anime fantasy and alter-ego. He is often portrayed in his own work (he's the creepy dude with glasses) in very awkward situations as he said he paints some embarrassing dreams that he has. He is also a multi-faceted artest, recently doing photography, film, and live performances at his art openings (where he has been known to show up in Japanese lolita costumes O_o). Told you he was far from normal.

But alas I LOVE this man's work, it flirts with such an awkward like that it almost makes me cringe, but love the visuals even more! And impressively enough all of his work is acrylic on canvas, even though it looks so smooth and computer rendered in some pieces. Only seen some of his stuff twice in person, but the size of some of those canvases is amazing.

Huge thanks to La Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin for all of the archives so that I could finally do this Mr. profile!



Previously: Artist Profile - Shuichi Nakano


-john-

Supreme - 10 Years of Decks

Yea I'm somewhat tight about my most recent Supreme experience and I probably won't be giving them my money any time soon BUT I can see past that and still respect the history and art behind their now 10 years of skateboard deck history.

OG Supreme logo decks circa 1998

Supreme Pantone by Ryan McGuiness circa 2000

Supreme Larry Clark Decks circa 2005, Supreme Public Enemy Decks '06, Supreme Jeff Konns Decks '06

Supreme Kaws Decks circa 2001, Supreme Bandana Decks '01

Supreme Richard Prince Decks circa 2007, Supreme Andrei Molodkin Decks '04

Supreme Logo Stained Wook Decks circa 2008, Supreme Futura Decks

Mr. for Supreme Decks circa 2007, Takashi Murakami for Supreme Decks '07

Supreme Last Supper Decks circa 2002

Supreme Dan Colen Decks circa 2003

Supreme Marilyn Minter Decks circa 2008, Supreme Sean Cliver Decks '08

Supreme Kermit Decks circa 2008, Supreme LV Monogram Decks '00 (got recalled after 2 weeks due to a lawsuit)

The ever classic Supreme Logo Deck


Pretty amazing to look back and see the names and the talent that have produced really unique skate decks for Supreme over these past 10 years. Especially cool knowing that some of these go for thousands of dollars now not as skateboards but as art, which shows just how far street art and culture has come from a small niche and evolved into something that artists, designers, and most importantly the fans of it all take very seriously. So we owe a lot to the Supremes, Bapes, Kaws, Futuras, and other OG brands and artists that lead us here no matter how much they change over time.

Respect.


-john-

via jakedavis & supreme

Takashi Murakami and Mr. @ Fabrik

After class the other day I went to check out the Murakami Exhibit at Fabrik with my boy Nillz. The space was pretty small but it was full of great pieces from Murakami, Mr., Damien Hirst, and Andy Warhol.
Here's some pics:

This is a Buddhist meditating so intensely that his head is bursting and eyes popping out. Pretty serious.

An amazingly detailed scene by Mr.


Some of his work for LV.


Then we snuck up to the top of a 32 story building to catch this view.

If you can make it out to Fabrik in the next few days I highly recommend it. The curator, Jurgen, was the man and talked with us for a while explaining pieces and telling us other exhibits to look out for in Hong Kong.

Fabrik Contemporary Arts Gallery
412, 4F Yip Fung Building
2-18 D’Aguilar Street
Central, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2525 4911


-john-