Wednesday 16 September 2015

WEEK 8 : 14 SEPT ~ 18 SEPT

DISCOVERIES



In 2D Fundamentals class, my lecturer handed me a small book  that was textured. He told me he got it from Thailand. Here are some images i took. The book was illustrated(painted) and told a meaningful story. 
It read, 
" This is smiling face. This is a frowning face. If everybody is happy, the world will go round. Round and round, that the universe becomes one. No more tears. No more fears. Love will make you happy. Love is all we need. But don't forget! Love is to give and forgive." 

I wanted to know more about the book and decided to research about it. The artist is John Gallery and he is an American living in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

I got to know more about him as by reading from his website.

This website is like a journal of John Gallery, answering all questions that people have and letting them know what its life like for him in Chiang Mai.

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These are some of his works that can be purchased online.

I went to Vivocity and found some sculptures i found interesting. I have always seen them when i went there but never stopped to think where they were from.


This is an image i took of the 'Flower Tree' installation done by Korean artist, Choi Jeong Hwa. I love the this. It was colorful and big and made me smile. It was like a bouquet of flowers but on a tree and the flowers were of different types of flowers gathered together. 


 This was installed at Shanghai in 2008.



This is another one of her works.
Breathing Flower, Fukuoka Airport, Japan, 2014



Another work similar to the Flower Tree is 장밋빛 인생 - La vie en rose installed at Seoul Art Museum, 2012.



This is a photo of an installation that was situated at the top outdoor area of the shopping mall. It is made by a Hong Kong artist, Michael Cheung.



These are other of his works from his No peace No Boom Exhibition in Tokyo, 2002.


At the far end, another 3 of Michael's works can be found. Next to them, you can see a man hanging on a bar. 






A video showing the enganging sculpture of Dutch (Netherlands) artist, Henk Visch's 'acrobatic' man swinging on the bar. 

These are his other works.

  
2006, SMAK, Gent (B) (cat.)


It is very suitable to place these works at the open space of Vivocity as it makes you feel energize and optimistic and it goes well with the architecture of the shopping mall itself.

After some outdoor snaps, i came across a man who make balloon characters in the mall. 




Before he sat to begin drawing eyes on his creation, he noticed me watching him twist the balloon. He asked me, "You know what this is right?" and i said "A frog?" and paused. He said "Hmm, well something similar." And i answered, "Ninja Turtle!!" Hahah.

I didnt know that the features on the balloons were all drawn on till i saw him using a marker.


This were his finishing products for sale. It's similar that we can tell which characters they are.


 Here's Bob the Minion, Snow White and Ariel.

The colors attract children and his skills attract adults.

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