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Hungry for Art? Spoon+Fork Presents Kuroda, Seitaro's Mad Flower Exhibition at hpgrp Gallery
NYC's premier creative agency cooks up another special event with the legendary Japanese artist in Mad Flower on Wednesday November 12th, 2008, with a reception from 6 to 8pm.
NEW YORK, NY, November 09, 2008 /Television PR News/ -- Spoon+Fork and Kuroda, Seitaro present Mad Flower on November 12th, 2008, hosted by hpgrp Gallery located in the Meatpacking District at 32-36 Little West 12th St. The creations made exclusively for this show will be on display from 12 noon until 8pm, with a reception happening from 6pm until 8pm. Join Kuroda and Spoon+Fork as they unveil an exhibit featuring new Kuroda pieces and a display of student's artwork from a special live painting session done with the artist especially for this event.
After a successful run with Kuroda's first exhibit, Mad Dog, which sold 24 of Kuroda's canine-inspired pieces in one week, the S+F team will present a second exhibit entitled Mad Flower, a collaborative art exhibit between Kuroda and New York City's youth. Students in the Citizen Schools apprenticeship after-school program in East Harlem's Isaac Newton Middle School will have the exciting opportunity to have their creations on display during this event. Their flower-inspired works were created within the hpgrp Gallery in Kuroda's Point Kuroda Seitaro workspace during a live painting session with the legend. Kuroda's live paint sessions involve rhythm and sound used to inspire his group of artists. For this project Kuroda worked with the students to dissect the flowers, pulling emotions and feelings out in order to give the flowers a special look and feel on paper.
Inspired by his love to work with the youth, whom he has collaborated with over 100 times for special projects, Kuroda, Seitaro and Spoon+Fork have created a fun and inviting exhibit for young and old, novice and expert to enjoy. Bringing their mastery of stationary and book design to the hands of attendees for the closing reception, Spoon+Fork have designed a limited edition Kuroda notebook filled with exclusive artwork which will be alongside blank pages for attendees to produce their own creative responses they may feel inspired to draw. Commenting on the vision and execution of the exhibit, Spoon+Fork co-founder Chez Bryan Ong says "Like the Mad Dog show, I hope the people that attend not only enjoy the art but become inspired to create something of their own at the reception as well. When working with Kuroda, it's never just about viewing artwork. It's about everyone creating their own art too, which is a key element that Spoon +Fork will stress to exhibit-goers of Mad Flower. The most exciting part about Wednesday evening's reception will be the spontaneous creativity that will come about from a diverse gathering of people who will be in attendance for Kuroda's exhibit." Come to Mad Flower to see an icon's work next to the display of raw talent cultivated by Kuroda in his workshop with the students; and get inspired to make your own creations too.
About Spoon+Fork
Spoon+Fork, a New York City based boutique creative agency, is dedicated to feeding those hungry for fresh insight alongside a healthy portion of delicious growth-driven design. Spoon+Fork founders, Rika Koreeda, Pritsana Kootint, and Chez Bryan Ong, along with their team, offer the arts, advertising, consumer brand and non-profit worlds a complete range of creative services-- Design: art direction, book design, corporate identity, editorial design, event design, package design, print design, retail creative services, and web design; Development: brand development, naming, product development; and Creative Consulting: creative direction, product scouting, project management and talent scouting.
About Kuroda, Seitaro
Kuroda, Seitaro has been one of the most influential artists of modern Japan since the late 60's. He is a genre of himself. He is an innovator and his activities are genuinely border-less. His paintings are in all major Art Museums around the world. His drawings appear in scores of books and magazines. His design work spans the gamut from buildings, stores and interiors to logos, t-shirts, posters, CD covers - just about anything you can print on. Kuroda collaborates with musicians and artists from all over the world such as Bill Laswell, John Zorn, Nobuyoshi Araki, Tadao Ando, Toshinori Kondo, Kim Dok Su, Paul Hampton, and Tian Jiang in performances he calls "Live Painting". Kuroda improvises with rhythm and sound, creates a truly unique avant-guard art form. Since the mid
90's he started a renowned "War Tales" project which won Peabody Award and that lead him to the creation of Pikadon Project. |
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