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Tokyo, late nineteenth century. In an era when Japan was cracking open to the modern world, images traveled faster than words. Woodblock-printed picture books—ehon—circulated through cities and countryside alike, carrying satire, folklore, ghosts, animals, and riotous caricatures into the hands of an eager public. They were playful, subversive, and often sharply observant. Few artists wielded the format with as much wit and virtuosity as Kawanabe Kyōsai.

Tokyo, late nineteenth century. In an era when Japan was cracking open to the modern world, images traveled faster than words. Woodblock-printed picture books—ehon—circulated through cities and countryside alike, carrying satire, folklore, ghosts, animals, and riotous caricatures into the hands of an eager public. They were playful, subversive, and often sharply observant. Few artists wielded the format with as much wit and virtuosity as Kawanabe Kyōsai.

Tokyo, late nineteenth century. In an era when Japan was cracking open to the modern world, images traveled faster than words. Woodblock-printed picture books—ehon—circulated through cities and countryside alike, carrying satire, folklore, ghosts, animals, and riotous caricatures into the hands of an eager public. They were playful, subversive, and often sharply observant. Few artists wielded the format with as much wit and virtuosity as Kawanabe Kyōsai.

Tokyo, late nineteenth century. In an era when Japan was cracking open to the modern world, images traveled faster than words. Woodblock-printed picture books—ehon—circulated through cities and countryside alike, carrying satire, folklore, ghosts, animals, and riotous caricatures into the hands of an eager public. They were playful, subversive, and often sharply observant. Few artists wielded the format with as much wit and virtuosity as Kawanabe Kyōsai.

Tokyo, late nineteenth century. In an era when Japan was cracking open to the modern world, images traveled faster than words. Woodblock-printed picture books—ehon—circulated through cities and countryside alike, carrying satire, folklore, ghosts, animals, and riotous caricatures into the hands of an eager public. They were playful, subversive, and often sharply observant. Few artists wielded the format with as much wit and virtuosity as Kawanabe Kyōsai.

Tokyo, late nineteenth century. In an era when Japan was cracking open to the modern world, images traveled faster than words. Woodblock-printed picture books—ehon—circulated through cities and countryside alike, carrying satire, folklore, ghosts, animals, and riotous caricatures into the hands of an eager public. They were playful, subversive, and often sharply observant. Few artists wielded the format with as much wit and virtuosity as Kawanabe Kyōsai.

Naples, late 1970s. On the city’s streets, scandal erupted in paper form. Explicit posters appeared overnight and vanished just as quickly, replaced by new images in a fleeting cycle that lasted barely two years before censorship shut it down. Pulled from pornographic films, the posters flaunted naked bodies—provocative, obscene, impossible to ignore. Yet they revealed more than women’s bodies alone: they staged male desire, power, and a bluntly macho visual language.

Marialba Russo was drawn in immediately. What began as fascination became method. She photographed the posters discreetly, almost clandestinely, turning obsession into an archive. The result is a heterogeneous body of work—different poses, gazes, framings—held together by an exaggerated eroticism that teeters between comedy and tragedy, and by a starkly one-sided, male gaze.

#PublicSex #MarialbaRusso

Naples, late 1970s. On the city’s streets, scandal erupted in paper form. Explicit posters appeared overnight and vanished just as quickly, replaced by new images in a fleeting cycle that lasted barely two years before censorship shut it down. Pulled from pornographic films, the posters flaunted naked bodies—provocative, obscene, impossible to ignore. Yet they revealed more than women’s bodies alone: they staged male desire, power, and a bluntly macho visual language.

Marialba Russo was drawn in immediately. What began as fascination became method. She photographed the posters discreetly, almost clandestinely, turning obsession into an archive. The result is a heterogeneous body of work—different poses, gazes, framings—held together by an exaggerated eroticism that teeters between comedy and tragedy, and by a starkly one-sided, male gaze.

#PublicSex #MarialbaRusso

Naples, late 1970s. On the city’s streets, scandal erupted in paper form. Explicit posters appeared overnight and vanished just as quickly, replaced by new images in a fleeting cycle that lasted barely two years before censorship shut it down. Pulled from pornographic films, the posters flaunted naked bodies—provocative, obscene, impossible to ignore. Yet they revealed more than women’s bodies alone: they staged male desire, power, and a bluntly macho visual language.

Marialba Russo was drawn in immediately. What began as fascination became method. She photographed the posters discreetly, almost clandestinely, turning obsession into an archive. The result is a heterogeneous body of work—different poses, gazes, framings—held together by an exaggerated eroticism that teeters between comedy and tragedy, and by a starkly one-sided, male gaze.

#PublicSex #MarialbaRusso

Naples, late 1970s. On the city’s streets, scandal erupted in paper form. Explicit posters appeared overnight and vanished just as quickly, replaced by new images in a fleeting cycle that lasted barely two years before censorship shut it down. Pulled from pornographic films, the posters flaunted naked bodies—provocative, obscene, impossible to ignore. Yet they revealed more than women’s bodies alone: they staged male desire, power, and a bluntly macho visual language.

Marialba Russo was drawn in immediately. What began as fascination became method. She photographed the posters discreetly, almost clandestinely, turning obsession into an archive. The result is a heterogeneous body of work—different poses, gazes, framings—held together by an exaggerated eroticism that teeters between comedy and tragedy, and by a starkly one-sided, male gaze.

#PublicSex #MarialbaRusso

Naples, late 1970s. On the city’s streets, scandal erupted in paper form. Explicit posters appeared overnight and vanished just as quickly, replaced by new images in a fleeting cycle that lasted barely two years before censorship shut it down. Pulled from pornographic films, the posters flaunted naked bodies—provocative, obscene, impossible to ignore. Yet they revealed more than women’s bodies alone: they staged male desire, power, and a bluntly macho visual language.

Marialba Russo was drawn in immediately. What began as fascination became method. She photographed the posters discreetly, almost clandestinely, turning obsession into an archive. The result is a heterogeneous body of work—different poses, gazes, framings—held together by an exaggerated eroticism that teeters between comedy and tragedy, and by a starkly one-sided, male gaze.

#PublicSex #MarialbaRusso

Churvy at @kalei.nyc

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During lockdown, Keiichi Tanaami began repainting Picasso’s Mother and Child—first as a copy, then from memory, again and again. Over three years, he created more than 400 small canvases, each one evolving from the last. What began as imitation became meditation—a daily ritual of transformation. Pleasure of Picasso gathers the full series, a quiet dialogue between two artists across time.

During lockdown, Keiichi Tanaami began repainting Picasso’s Mother and Child—first as a copy, then from memory, again and again. Over three years, he created more than 400 small canvases, each one evolving from the last. What began as imitation became meditation—a daily ritual of transformation. Pleasure of Picasso gathers the full series, a quiet dialogue between two artists across time.

During lockdown, Keiichi Tanaami began repainting Picasso’s Mother and Child—first as a copy, then from memory, again and again. Over three years, he created more than 400 small canvases, each one evolving from the last. What began as imitation became meditation—a daily ritual of transformation. Pleasure of Picasso gathers the full series, a quiet dialogue between two artists across time.

During lockdown, Keiichi Tanaami began repainting Picasso’s Mother and Child—first as a copy, then from memory, again and again. Over three years, he created more than 400 small canvases, each one evolving from the last. What began as imitation became meditation—a daily ritual of transformation. Pleasure of Picasso gathers the full series, a quiet dialogue between two artists across time.

During lockdown, Keiichi Tanaami began repainting Picasso’s Mother and Child—first as a copy, then from memory, again and again. Over three years, he created more than 400 small canvases, each one evolving from the last. What began as imitation became meditation—a daily ritual of transformation. Pleasure of Picasso gathers the full series, a quiet dialogue between two artists across time.

Jonas Wood Sports Cards is a visual time capsule—a full-color monograph collecting nearly two decades of Wood’s trading card-inspired paintings and drawings, created between 2005 and 2023. The book features over 70 drawings and paintings of athletes, made over 18 years, sequenced A–Z. Here are a few...

Jonas Wood Sports Cards is a visual time capsule—a full-color monograph collecting nearly two decades of Wood’s trading card-inspired paintings and drawings, created between 2005 and 2023. The book features over 70 drawings and paintings of athletes, made over 18 years, sequenced A–Z. Here are a few...

Jonas Wood Sports Cards is a visual time capsule—a full-color monograph collecting nearly two decades of Wood’s trading card-inspired paintings and drawings, created between 2005 and 2023. The book features over 70 drawings and paintings of athletes, made over 18 years, sequenced A–Z. Here are a few...

Churvy by Lenny of @studio.provoke

Fun Fact: @studio.provoke designed the packaging 🐣

The heta-uma (bad-good) art movement is celebrated for its "so bad it’s good" appeal. Ebisu Yoshikazu's work blends the edgiest styles of Tokyo’s counterculture with the absurd and often infuriating realities of life in the city.

#hetauma

The heta-uma (bad-good) art movement is celebrated for its "so bad it’s good" appeal. Ebisu Yoshikazu's work blends the edgiest styles of Tokyo’s counterculture with the absurd and often infuriating realities of life in the city.

#hetauma

The heta-uma (bad-good) art movement is celebrated for its "so bad it’s good" appeal. Ebisu Yoshikazu's work blends the edgiest styles of Tokyo’s counterculture with the absurd and often infuriating realities of life in the city.

#hetauma

An excerpt from Fièvres Nocturnes by the provacative Toshio Saeki

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Michael McGregor's (@themcgregor) "Room Service" series captures the charm of travel through vibrant, playful drawings on hotel stationery. Each piece turns ordinary moments—like a poolside view or a hotel room interior—into colorful memories, blending elegance with whimsy. This collection, spanning from 2016 to 2023, celebrates the joy of exploration and the beauty of fleeting moments.

For those of you who can't afford the artwork (myself included) you can buy Room Service as a book. It was published by Paragon Books (@paragon_books) in collaboration with Hashimoto Contemporary (@hashimotocontemporary).

#michaelmcgregor #roomservice

Michael McGregor's (@themcgregor) "Room Service" series captures the charm of travel through vibrant, playful drawings on hotel stationery. Each piece turns ordinary moments—like a poolside view or a hotel room interior—into colorful memories, blending elegance with whimsy. This collection, spanning from 2016 to 2023, celebrates the joy of exploration and the beauty of fleeting moments.

For those of you who can't afford the artwork (myself included) you can buy Room Service as a book. It was published by Paragon Books (@paragon_books) in collaboration with Hashimoto Contemporary (@hashimotocontemporary).

#michaelmcgregor #roomservice

Michael McGregor's (@themcgregor) "Room Service" series captures the charm of travel through vibrant, playful drawings on hotel stationery. Each piece turns ordinary moments—like a poolside view or a hotel room interior—into colorful memories, blending elegance with whimsy. This collection, spanning from 2016 to 2023, celebrates the joy of exploration and the beauty of fleeting moments.

For those of you who can't afford the artwork (myself included) you can buy Room Service as a book. It was published by Paragon Books (@paragon_books) in collaboration with Hashimoto Contemporary (@hashimotocontemporary).

#michaelmcgregor #roomservice

Michael McGregor's (@themcgregor) "Room Service" series captures the charm of travel through vibrant, playful drawings on hotel stationery. Each piece turns ordinary moments—like a poolside view or a hotel room interior—into colorful memories, blending elegance with whimsy. This collection, spanning from 2016 to 2023, celebrates the joy of exploration and the beauty of fleeting moments.

For those of you who can't afford the artwork (myself included) you can buy Room Service as a book. It was published by Paragon Books (@paragon_books) in collaboration with Hashimoto Contemporary (@hashimotocontemporary).

#michaelmcgregor #roomservice

Michael McGregor's (@themcgregor) "Room Service" series captures the charm of travel through vibrant, playful drawings on hotel stationery. Each piece turns ordinary moments—like a poolside view or a hotel room interior—into colorful memories, blending elegance with whimsy. This collection, spanning from 2016 to 2023, celebrates the joy of exploration and the beauty of fleeting moments.

For those of you who can't afford the artwork (myself included) you can buy Room Service as a book. It was published by Paragon Books (@paragon_books) in collaboration with Hashimoto Contemporary (@hashimotocontemporary).

#michaelmcgregor #roomservice