Sunday, 31 October 2010

Ai Wei Wei @ Tate Modern

Chinese artist Ai Wei Wei's installation at the Tate Modern. The whole floor covered with ceramic sun flower seeds, and they are a little better than a normal sunflower seeds size. Every single seed is handmade. Ai Wei Wei has a strong politic view of the Chinese. If you are going, please remember to watch the video there, and afterward you can ask him questions in another room.



Wednesday, 27 October 2010

Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion

At the Barbican Centre from 15th Oct 2010 to 6th Feb 2011, there is an excellent exhibition about Japanese fashion. Most of the pieces are by fashion designer such as Issey Miyake, Rei Kwakubo, and Yohji Yamamoto, but you can also see other pieces by Tao Kurihara, Jun Takahashi, Junya Watanabe, Koji Tatsuno and Kosuke Tsumura, etc. Mintdesign also included. These designers always try to reject and distorted the human forms, and create their garments in their unique style.
Inside the exhibition, you will also see a video by Wim Wenders and Yohji Yamamoto called Notebook: Cities/Clothes.