Monday, November 12, 2012

Keiko Itakura Research

Keiko Itakura is one of the many new artists I've found since I've began my highschool career in art. What originally led me to her works, was the paper I received that had a numerous amount of artists on it, but what kept me interested in her was how intricate her designs were. I'm a huge fan of traditional media especially the kind that involve super duper high detail and crazy shapes. Most of her mediums are just pencil/pen on paper, but some of her works are also in the digital format. She even does some sculpture as a side hobby, but most of her focus is on the traditional medium. I feel that her style is a sort of complicated minimalism, as weird as that sounds. She puts extreme detail into small areas, which later form huge designs and create pictures of great depth. Most of her artwork consists of paper, pen, and pencil; but some of her works do involve some digital aspects. Her art galleries can be found online at http://www.keikoitakura.com/ which has tons pieces digital and traditional. She has also made several exhibitions at the Bangkok International Art Festival, Hello Kitty Secret House HongKong, and the DAHON Project.
http://www.adcglobal.org/connections/portfolios/view/?id=163
I feel that she made this art to show complexity in things that can be considered simple. It seems as if the message is that all things exhibit structures of various and elaborate content. Her art means a ton to me because I love the idea of small things being completely chaotic and mingled. One of my habits when making any kind of art is to add random tiny details to every little object that comes to my mind. I'm obsessed with subtle designs within any aspect of a picture, and I feel that subliminal messages in pictures can really impact a piece. I've always been trying to incorporate minimalistic designs into my pieces, but I feel that they're not enough. With Keiko, seems to blend small designs so that they make up a shape or object, while I just add random things to my pictures. Hopefully now from observing her work; I'll be able to blend complex structures with simple doodles.












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