exhibition is now open

and today (as Im watching the football and the time difference is what it is) will be the opening party for the exhibition. I must say that Im extremely happy about the working results for the 2 months spent at Youkobo. The rest of the year will be extremely busy in terms of shows so now I will take two weeks off before the storm.

Also at Youkobo there is an opening of another artist Kenji Ide, who has made an impressive installation at the gallery. I think we deserve a great party later on! Please join us on facebook

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=102061543173170

and check more details on youkobo website. The weather seems to be very pleasant tomorrow so we will host a party outside with drinks and snacks!

http://www.youkobo.co.jp/en/

I just can't believe the difference of my studio. With the help of my Marie we managed to transform what had become a festival for leggy creatures like cockroaches into a really nice exhibition space.

sorry for being a bit slack

since I havent updated in a while. I have a general feeling this has not caused any pain for anyone. I hope there is at least few people who will read this blog. Anyways LOTS of things have been happening. I will perhaps try to add more images and text later. I am fully busy for my exhibition and this is the last working week in my studio now. Theres quite few new pieces that Im very excited about. I will add photos of them later after I have got professional photographer in here.

Souliya left for Laos and here he is giving a talk at youkobo. Jamie is translating and Tatsuhiko is listening.

We ended up singing karaoke after the party and a great meal.

Here is by far the biggest paper I have strethced, 240 x 153 cm. I needed Maries help to put it up and I was wondering if it is even possible to do but so far so good.

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and three. Im going to crop the final image from the bottom. I wanted to see how the drips would behave on such a long paper and if there would be some new phenomenom that would happen. in this case (like usually) it didn't work like I thought.