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22
Oct 10

Sokkuan at Nosie2011

Good Drawer ≠ Good  Commercial Illustrator – Being Artistic And Realistic

Insights into the life of an illustrator with Sokkuan ( More info coming soon! )

Date: 23 Oct 2010
Time: 2pm – 4.30pm

Venue: The Arts House, Screening Room 1 Old Parliament Lane
Admission: Free ( Need registration – see below )
Participant Requirements: Anyone interested in illustration can come. Please email us any questions which you may like the speaker to address for Q&A.

The illustration talks are open to all.
All Noise talks/workshops (regardless of capacity) require registration (email to workshop@noisesingapore.com with Workshop Title, name, NRIC, contact number).
Only for the workshops with limited capacity (our other photography workshops), will priority go to Noise members.

info credit- excerpt from – http://www.noisesingapore.com/page/eventsPage/
Venue sponsored by The Arts House.
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13
Aug 10

Keiichi Tanaami’s Book ‘Spiral’

I look forward to Eccentric City: Rise and Fall exhibit next week, featuring Keiichi Tanaami & Phunk. Here’s some pixs to share with you from Keiichi Tanaami’s Book ‘Spiral’.

This book is a collection of his works, dated from 1968 to 2005. Very much Respect to him for what he had done, then and now. A must ‘have’ book for those who love his works like i do : D

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12
Aug 10

Unbeliveable!! WERK No. 18: Keiichi Tanaami Psychedelic Visual Master

Was very thrilled to learn that one of my favourite Japanese artist Keiichi Tanaami will be in Werk magazine no 18  and also in a collab exhibition with Phunk Studio in Singapore at Lasalle!

Don’t miss the show and the magazine!

What: Eccentric City: Rise and Fall
Who: Keiichi Tanaami and :phunk
Opening: Wed 18 Aug, 7pm
When: Thu 19 Aug – Sun 19 Sep, 10am – 6pm. Closed on Mondays.
Where: ICA Gallery 1, #B1-04, LASALLE College of the Arts
Type: Exhibition
Admission: Free

Pictures from “the artist and his model” and Werk magazine.  More info from here, thanks to Yanda!

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10
Aug 10

50 Best Illustration Blogs on the Web

Hello all, here are some useful links to share, a link I got from Drawn.ca :)

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28
Mar 10

Matt Vincent

Sometimes simplicity is better. And sometimes simplicity is not so simple. Discovering this guy has really helped shaped up my work a lot.

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05
Mar 10

Possibly the oldest living illustrator with a connection to Singapore

Ronald Searle is 90!! This is another of my illustration heroes.

Did you know he was a POW in SIngapore during WW2? He did a whole series of drawings  while in prison here.

Most inspiring thing about him to me is:

1. He’s still doing “IT” at 90 ( “IT” being “illustration” )

2. His studio is in France!! ( Like my other hero- Robert Crumbs )

3. He never stopped drawing! During his stint as a POW/ artist- he trade cigarettes for drawing paper!!

“He never stopped drawing, despite beatings, bouts of malaria and beri beri, and a Japanese guard’s pick axe in the back.” (quoted from Ronald Searle Biography http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/searle.htm )

More info here- Ronald Searle Tribute http://ronaldsearle.blogspot.com/

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03
Mar 10

Extraordinary story of Ion Barladeanu- from tramp to artist

Image from – http://thefilter.blogs.com/thefilter/2010/02/ion-barladeanu.html

There is an interesting story about Ion Barladeanu- a 63 yr old Romanian tramp whose amazing collages were discovered by a gallery via a stranger/ artist who happen to meet sieving through the same rubbish heap.

Using what he has- alot of trashed magazines and his imagination- he amassed about 1,800 over pieces of collage over the years, with himself being the chief audience.

I love this quote “”If I were reincarnated in another life I would still be making collages, and if I could take them to the moon I would.”

How many of us are so sure of our passion for our work?! Note to self- use what I have and never say die.

The BBC program can be heard here about the documentary film made about this artisit:
The Strand, Tuesday 02 March 2010

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p006czyk

Read more here: Art world swoons over Romania’s homeless genius | World news | The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/26/homeless-romanian-artist