There is an excellent exhibition of ethnic art at the National Art Center Tokyo. The exhibition, “The Power of Images” shows a large number of works from The National Museum of Ethnology Collection. For any designer or artist the works on exhibit can provide a wealth of inspiration. I loved this yarn painting by a Mexican artist Elijio Carillo Vicente. Beeswax and pine resin is pasted onto a board and then yarn is applied into it. The pictures shows the rite to awaken the power of the gods, and a shaman is depicted sending the spirits of children to the realms of the gods. On the left side, the mara’akame shaman stands in front of a drum and conveys the spirit to the suspended altar. The children’s spirits are then taken to the realm of the gods by the eagle flying over the altar.
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Maya Hayuk
Enjoying the colours of Maya Hayuk’s paintings. Her work is featured in New American Paintings. Cities need more colour like this!

Maya Hayuk with graffiti. Source: Animal

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Julie Oppermann
Fantastic moire pattern paintings by Julie Oppermann.
Source: Juxtapoz
Nick Cave’s Soundsuits
Nick Cave’s Soundsuits have the appearance of a cyber retake of African tribal dance and ceremonial costumes. The Soundsuit above looks fantastic. You can feel enormous energy and raw noise rushing up from the ground, all just from the costume alone. You can check out more at the Jack Shainman Gallery.
Perera Elsewhere
Beautiful oily video computer graphic world. Love the shiny colour surface of the phone and the gold computer scene.
Pendulum Choir
I saw this sometime ago, but I decided to post it because I rather like the combination of man and machine. It seems Kafkaesque and reminds me of metropolis and the art of Europe around the beginning of the 20th Century.
Art Basel Hong Kong
A selection of some of the works on display here at Art Basel in Hong Kong.
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Really enjoyed these beautiful kinetic works by Elias Crespin.
Fantastic work, and what a title; “Super Mega Universe”!
A large number of works by Yayoi Kusama are on display. It was nice to see such variety, and nicely exhibited.