Preview of Audrey Kawasaki's upcoming solo show in Tokyo

Audrey Kawasaki has posted images, details, and in-progress shots of her upcoming solo show in Tokyo, "Watching Shadow."

[#1 posted by karrock, May 5, 2009 9:05 AM]

Magical.
Ethereal.
Captivating.
Mystical.
Mesmerizing.
Beautiful.

[#2 posted by wwiiggss, May 5, 2009 9:52 AM]

Trite.
Derivative.
Boring.

[#3 posted by Mark Frauenfelder, May 5, 2009 10:19 AM]

Wonderful.
Weird.
Intriguing.
Inventive.
Gorgeous.
Genius.
Sublime.
Strange.

Startling.
Unusual.
X-factor.

[#4 posted by Davin, May 5, 2009 10:40 AM]

I love Audrey's stuff. The giant breasts on Daydream are a little strange and uncharacteristic for her work. Nagisa and The Way She Likes are both pretty great. All in all a pretty cool show.

Arrestedmotion has a cool interview up, for people who are interested: http://arrestedmotion.com/2009/05/previewinterview-audrey-kawasaki-watching-shadows-kageboushi-space-yui-japan/#more-19168

[#5 posted by Anonymous, May 5, 2009 10:44 AM]

Not.
Safe.
For.
Work.

No.
Unicorn.
Needed.

[#6 posted by TheGorch, May 5, 2009 10:55 AM]

See also:

Amy Sol

Kukula

60+% of Juxtapoz reader art

[#7 posted by Davin, May 5, 2009 10:59 AM]

@5,

Amy Sol's stuff is actually pretty different in style and mood, except for the 'paint on wood' bit. Sol tends to make wispy, dreamy stuff. Kawasaki does more unsettling or sensual images.

[#8 posted by TheGorch, May 5, 2009 11:16 AM]

don't get me wrong, both are talented illustrators. There are just too many similarities—the palettes are very close, subject matter is always a waifish girl or two, context is usually free-floating ephemera. The similarities (IMO) overshadow the differences, which we can both agree on to some extent. Sol's style of rendering a female is based more on wistful body language while Kawasaki's style is centered on making the most embedroom-eyed, pouty-lipped face possible. While I'm firmly on the anti-stuckist side of the art world, I still can appreciate the talent and the quality of rendering. Too me, though, these look like illustrations without art direction.

[#9 posted by Davin, May 5, 2009 11:44 AM]

@7,

Audrey's recent work especially has been a lot of 'image of the girl re-tread', Amy's actually been providing some interesting details on what stories and mythology she's pulling from.

[#10 posted by Zig, May 5, 2009 11:47 AM]

Very cool!

Funny, just yesterday I was thinking to myself that I hadn't seen anything about her on BoingBoing for a while.

Then this morning I get an email announcing a print of one of her works goes on sale on the 9th, and then I come to BoingBoing to see a post about her. Neat.

[#11 posted by prodpoke, May 5, 2009 4:48 PM]

i like her style, but like after seeing it so many times i'd agree this has no art direction. she can draw beautifully but all her characters look the same and strums the same dreamy feeling in every single piece she's put out- here's a paper lantern there, or a starfish there, more like decoration than anything else. the novelty wears off after seeing your first audrey kawasaki piece.

[#12 posted by FutureNerd, May 5, 2009 9:29 PM]

Dour
Stylish
Anorexic

Again?

[#13 posted by Anonymous, May 6, 2009 9:19 AM]

Why.
Are we.
Talking.
Like this?