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October 28, 2005
ZAnPon
The first solo Tokyo exhibition of an 24-year-old Osaka artist who calls himself ZAnPon is on at Uplink gallery in Shibuya. Yes, it’s the same place where Tujiko Noriko’s movie is showing, and yes I meant to post this at the same that I wrote about that film.
Anyhow, better late than never, and this guy’s work is simply amazing to look at, and moreover, absolutely worth seeing in person because when you look closely at his drawings, all sorts of details start to pop out at you. Things that could never reproduce in any JPEG you’re going to get off the web. You’ll follow his hyper-energetic linework all over, running into all sorts of small stories, and miniature exotic animals. You could probably stare at one of his large drawings for an hour and not get bored.
Futhermore, If you’re rich and want an investment (I’m sure no one reading this is), at this stage you can still buy his work for as little as ¥80,000 (really, really nice pieces for around ¥150,000). I’m sure it’s going to be worth at least five times that much within a year. If you like Hiropon Factory / KaiKaiKiKi’s shit, you are guaranteed to love ZAnPon. And like Murakami, this stuff is destined to blow up overseas.
Posted by shane at October 28, 2005 03:16 AM