Comments for Metropolis - Arts & Entertainment

Comment on Cézanne: Paris and Provence by Tony Scrivener

Tony Scrivener — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:04:22 +0000

Cezanne, both abstract and conventional. If possible I will view this retrospective.

Comment on At Your Service by Tony Scrivener

Tony Scrivener — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:00:32 +0000

Tokyo and Japan offers such a variety of choice and themes unavailable elsewhere, such an inspiration.

Comment on Lee Bul by Tony Scrivener

Tony Scrivener — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:55:40 +0000

Lee Bul is a very interesting artist. There is something of Francis Bacon in the work, the missing and the abstract. Focus on the body and the studio. The private and the public on display. A great inspiration to myself as an artist

Comment on Lee Bul by palidor

palidor — Sat, 12 May 2012 03:02:57 +0000

Lee is her surname, not Bul. Unless you’re on a first-name basis with her (third paragraph). Please be more careful when dealing with Asian names.

Comment on RICHARD PINHAS and MERZBOW by xrcxx

xrcxx — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:26:16 +0000

Sorry, I forgot to mention that although RP plays guitar his early work with Heldon (French Band) in the 90′s he used A.R.P. electroniks, VCS3, Mellotron, in the 80′s E-Mu computer system, Polymoog, Moog 55and a polyphonic synth…

Comment on RICHARD PINHAS and MERZBOW by xrcxx

xrcxx — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:14:38 +0000

Yes, excellent…been listening to Richard and Merzbow for almost 20 years. The Cuneiform record label has the best in new innovative and creative soundz wild beyond your normal thump thump thump thump beat of the ever-lasting bass drum. Richard sure is a pioneer of synthesis of synth sounds. Highly recommended but for those who total lose themselves in sound.

Comment on Art Fair Tokyo by Tony Scrivener

Tony Scrivener — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:45:29 +0000

Japanese artists are so inspirational. Infact they should get much more press than they do at the moment. Looking at this years Art Fair Tokyo, it will be another great event! Hope to see some of the artists show this year in London.

Tony Scrivener

Comment on Jackson Pollock by Tony Scrivener

Tony Scrivener — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:40:46 +0000

By chance I was lucky enough to be able to visit the Jackson Pollock exhibition in Tokyo. The centre piece was the work shown in this article. It was amazing and people were going back to it after they had seen it once. Really found the piece to be inspirational. There were also many very early works which I had never seen before. In a sense it was a collection of works that were not shown at the Tate retrospective a few years ago. A good exhibition made great by the centre piece of the show.

Tony Scrivener

Comment on I’ll Be Your Mirror by dangrunebaum

dangrunebaum — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:39:34 +0000

I’ll Be Your Mirror has been postponed due to “very slow” ticket sales and artists “not able to commit to the event.” Full release here: http://www.atpfestival.com/newsview/1203281100.php

Comment on Gabez by Metropolis Media

Metropolis Media — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:49:41 +0000

What are they talking about “nobody responded”? I saw them doing their thing in Yoyogi a year ago and the audience loved them. They had a phenomenal knack for picking the right members of the crowd for their interactive segments. Maybe the next time they do a show, they should watch it instead of performing it. They would get a different perspective.

Comment on Chen Man: Glamorous Futurist by spacestation

spacestation — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 09:49:36 +0000

interesting, i’m into juxtapositions…

Comment on Jackson Pollock by chrism

chrism — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 09:09:13 +0000

“The astronomical values placed on Pollock’s works may seem a little baffling, given that almost anyone with a few cans of paint and a bad attitude could create them…”

A few cans of paint and a bad attitude?
The implication of course is that due to the work not being a lifelike depiction of a physical object or person, it thus requires no “skill” to do.
I would caution the writer that the same could be said for Japanese calligraphy, which is properly done spontaneously and thus appears scribbled and imperfect. The energy and purity of idea thus conveyed by it, however, has earned it consideration as a high art form for millenia, and in modern times the world over.
The same could in fact be said for the work of many popular modern painters who’s work doesn’t faithfully duplicate the appearances of real things, such as Picasso, Matisse or Basquiat, for example.
As a little experiment which may demonstrate my point, one might actually attempt a painting duplicating the technique of one of these artists. You may find its not so simple.

Comment on Jackson Pollock by jeridel

jeridel — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 14:48:01 +0000

It would be cool to go to this exhibition, seeing that Pollack’s works don’t usually show in Japanese galleries (except last year’s Surrealism exhibition). If anyone has a chance during Golden Week, they should visit these pieces of history and beauty.

Comment on Kuniyoshi: Spectacular Ukiyo-e Imagination by dokool

dokool — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:39:51 +0000

Went on opening day – absolutely incredible work. Unfortunately they switched out almost all of the pieces halfway through the exhibition so if you go now you’ll only see half of what they had to offer. Highly recommended.

Comment on Irving Penn and Issey Miyake by Tony Scrivener

Tony Scrivener — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:03:29 +0000

Miyake’s work is truly inspirational and so unique. Looking forward to seeing the show.

Tony Scrivener

Comment on DJ Krush by tokyoterri

tokyoterri — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:59:47 +0000

I just got Krush’s latest single – cinematic, powerful…I’m really looking forward to this show!

Comment on Plaid by zenidith

zenidith — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:17:09 +0000

thanks for doing a piece on Plaid. Its good to see good music being promoted like this, instead of the usual rubbish

Comment on Whitesnake by jeffrey

jeffrey — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:23:44 +0000

Slow music week, huh?

Comment on Doggy Days… The Dogs Live L.A. To Tokyo by jeffrey

jeffrey — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:54:28 +0000

“Detroit punk legends feted in DVD/CD package”

Who?

Comment on The Brand New Heavies by The Brand New Heavies - Live Dates in Japan November 2011 | thebrandnewheavies.net

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:54:34 +0000

[...] Simon was interviewed for Metropolis on this very subject. Japan has been a longtime supporter. Tell us about the response you get here and your Japan-only album. [...]

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