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Yuka Yamaguchi

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I’ve been absent this past week and a bit because I was in Saskatoon for a big conference, where I gave a paper on the impact of illustrators’ networks on visual communication. Bart Beaty, the European comics expert from Calgary, was there and gave a paper too. Anyways, I went by the Mendel Art Gallery, a place that I thought has always done a superb job of balancing local and nonlocal art. And there was this fabulous exhibition of drawings by Yuka Yamaguchi. For me, they transcend the merely weird-for-weird’s-sake because of the personal and heartfelt texts she sometimes provides for these pieces. This one only says “me and my hard-working proxy”, but current ones are inspired by her pregnancy, for instance.

  • a sommers

    I really love Yuka’s work. I agree, she makes so much more out of “gross-out” images… (although her work is undeniably and wonderfully weird.) I like her fishes.

    Make sure to check her wip shots on her flickr site– it’s neat to see how she gradually lays down the color.

  • a sommers

    I really love Yuka’s work. I agree, she makes so much more out of “gross-out” images… (although her work is undeniably and wonderfully weird.) I like her fishes.

    Make sure to check her wip shots on her flickr site– it’s neat to see how she gradually lays down the color.

  • http://www.joshferrin.com/ Marvelous Roy

    Agreed, some of her stuff is kinda creepy, but still cutesy. Huh.

  • http://www.joshferrin.com Marvelous Roy

    Agreed, some of her stuff is kinda creepy, but still cutesy. Huh.

  • http://diversionmary.com/ diversionmary

    Yay Yuka, she’s super sweet.

  • http://diversionmary.com diversionmary

    Yay Yuka, she’s super sweet.

  • yuka

    wow, thanks for the mention. glad you enjoyed my show. the mendel gallery extended it until june 11th — come and see it if you can.

    by the way, the link on my name in this post is broken. my blog is http://www.plastiquemonkey.com and my gallery is http://www.plastiquemonkey.com/gallery/ . see you around!

  • yuka

    wow, thanks for the mention. glad you enjoyed my show. the mendel gallery extended it until june 11th — come and see it if you can.

    by the way, the link on my name in this post is broken. my blog is http://www.plastiquemonkey.com and my gallery is http://www.plastiquemonkey.com/gallery/ . see you around!

  • http://www.groveartworks.com/ jaleen

    Hi Yuka,

    Thanks for the heads-up. Fixed now.

  • http://www.groveartworks.com jaleen

    Hi Yuka,

    Thanks for the heads-up. Fixed now.