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. I was reminded of the power of design and visuals.
White Solid" is organized by Shohei Yoshida, an art director/graphic designer. This is the second release of its publishing label, ArtistsTOMASON. a collection of works from the "MONSTERBOOK".
They are just so cute. Innocent, pure, and poisonous cuteness. . Anyway, this book is filled with various kinds of "cuteness.
Tomason, who creates original monsters from his own unique perspective, is a new artist who began his activities in earnest last year.
He has been fascinated by monsters from special effects movies and American comic books since he was a child, and has been drawing monsters every day for about 10 years since he was a student, creating a total of more than 2,000 characters.
This book is the artist's first collection of his work, featuring 252 newly drawn monsters in addition to selected monsters from his previous works.
Hiroshi Fujiwara once said, "I think pop music is something that contains a poisonous atmosphere," and in that sense, this collection of works is filled with a super-duper pop quality.
The English explanatory text is accompanied by a Japanese translation, a specification that shows the artist's ambition to be active on the world stage.
Anyway, this was the first collection of work I have seen in a long time that I thought was wonderful at the moment I saw it. Please pick up a copy.
. There are several events planned in connection with the launch, but since these are the times we live in, there is a possibility that they may change. In that case, we will let you know.
*Addition on Thursday, April 2: The April event has been postponed.
MONSTER BOOK
Design: white three-dimensional
Launch: April 11, 2020 (Saturday)
Specifications: 148 × 105 × 25mm / 300 pages / Bound in ( foil stamping process )
Publication: White Solid
Publication Exhibition
Venue: MAT Omotesando
Address: R House, 5-49-5 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku
Hours: 13:00 - 21:00
Opening: April 11, 2020 ( Sat ) 19:00-21:00
*Postponed.
Publication Fair
Dates: April 11 (Sat.) - 19 (Sun.), 2020
Venue: Shibuya PARCO 3F
Address: 15-1 Udagawa-cho, Shibuya-ku
Hours: 10:00 - 21:00
*Postponed.
Other Publishing Events
PAR STORE (Taiwan) April 24-25*Postponed.
KAKUOZAN LARDER (Nagoya) June 19 - 29
Ropponmatsu Tsutaya (Fukuoka) & MANU COFFEE (Fukuoka) September 19 - 27
Fujii Daimaru (Kyoto) November 3 - November 23
ima:zine (Osaka) November 7 - 14
TOMASON
Born in Gifu Prefecture, he has been holding art festivals, solo exhibitions, workshops, etc., mainly in his hometown of Gifu Prefecture. Since 2011, he has been drawing his own monsters every day.
www.tomason.jp
@new_tomason
white solid
Shohei Yoshida was born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1985. After graduating from Kuwasawa Design School, he worked at the design office "Nakamura Graph" before going independent as "White Solid" in 2016. In October 2018, he launched a book publishing label. . On the other hand, he produces works using letters, paper, and books as his main materials and themes. His collections of works include "KASABUTA" (WALL) , and "Shinjuku (Collage)" (NUMABOOKS) , which uses Daido Moriyama's photo books as materials.