Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra had an exhibit called “Sweet Streets: Art Inspired by Japanese Street Fashion” that opened on August 29, 2009. I think it did a good job of addressing questions like “What if someone from that FRUiTS book you flipped through a few years ago at Urban Outfitters just leapt out of a photo and onto a canvas?”
The opening was attended by Harajuku fans and models, with standouts dressed in the lolita fashion style. I dressed up … err … undercover-style, using a Mieko Mintz scarf made out of vintage kimono fabric as a belt. The refreshments at the event were dangerously good. So dangerous that I found myself acting like a straw-chewing farmer with a strawberry Pocky sticking out of the side of my mouth, camcorder in one hand, the other hand trying to steady it with the rim of a cup of plum-flavored sake.
The featured artists were (in order of their artwork as they appear in the video below):
Yumiko Kayukawa, Tiffany Liu, Mari Inukai, Kristen Lester, Yuki Miyazaki, Jeremyville, Anna Chambers, Martin Hsu, Griselda Sastrawinata, Heather Houghton, Lauren Gregg, CARO, Luke Feldman, Elizabeth Ito, Thomas Han, Jason Han, Angie Mason, Mary J. Hoffman, Stef Choi, Fawn Fruits, You Byun, Junko Mizuno, Tessar Lo, Danni Shinya Luo, d’Holbachie-Yoko, Mizna Wada, Kozyndan, and Tigerlily and Tim Biskup.
Yuki Miyazaki, Mari Inukai, and Thomas Han performed the live painting.
Video of Sweet Streets at Gallery Nucleus by Letsu Go!
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This is a wicked video. I gotta get me one of those cameras. Who is the song by?
sorry i didn’t see your comment much earlier! the song is “Giri-Giri Surfrider” by Halcali. thanks for watching it!