Summertime is goldfish season in Japan, and nowhere is more spectacularly summery than the Art Aquarium Museum. The exotic fishies are surrounded by floral bounty… and there’ are none’s nothing more seasonal than the lotus blossoms that grace the tanks of these beauties… for a summertime classic twofer. Also new for summer are the bankContinueContinue reading “It’s summertime at the goldfish museum!”
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Art Aquarium Lives!
If Japan had a shrine dedicated to goldfish, the new Art Aquarium Museum would be it. It’s fitting that as you enter the new, permanent home of my favorite summer event, you really feel like you’re stepping into another dimension, a world where goldfish are elevated to art… and countless varieties of fancy fish areContinueContinue reading “Art Aquarium Lives!”
3-D Goldfish Art: Wait, Those Are PAINTINGS?
Doth my eyes deceive me? Riusuke Fukahori paints 3-D goldfish so real you can’t believe they’re not wriggling. And I know you’ll find this hard to believe, but the exhibit of his work going on RIGHT NOW at the Sano Art Museum in Mishima is so astounding, that in real life, the fish look more realContinueContinue reading “3-D Goldfish Art: Wait, Those Are PAINTINGS?”
Which One Is The REAL Goldfish?
Not easy, is it? Okay, I’ll give you a hint: this one doesn’t need to be fed. The lovely specimen in the wooden saké box is a painting of a goldfish. Actually, it’s about a gazillion paintings of a goldfish. Artist Riusuke Fukahori builds these 3-D wonders by pouring a thin layer of clear resin, painting a slice of goldfish,ContinueContinue reading “Which One Is The REAL Goldfish?”
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