I was not able to attend Martin Nguyen’s exhibition. I am doing an extra blog post to make up for it.

Extra blog posts are worth up to 5 points each, and you may complete a maximum of 4 extra blog posts.

All extra blog posts will follow the “Research Blog Post” format:

Research Blog Post – Find a contemporary artist, designer, photographer that inspires you, post a few images and write about their work. Look at the following blogs for inspiration. A successful research post will contain images, links from online sources, image credits (artist name & title of image at minimum), additional biographical information about the artist, and your own ideas about the work and why it interests you. Make sure that you are not plagerizing text from other sources. Use multiple web sources to create a unique and complete post.

 

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/11/goldfish-salvation-resin-paintings/

This work is by Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori’s who uses acrylic paint and resin to create these amazing 3-D goldfish inside of boxes. he gets his inspiration by having tanks of goldfish surrounding his studio and these paintings might take him several months to finish. His work is based out of his life, he views the fish as identity that represent strength and weakness of himself and humanity.

His work is really amazing, I enjoy the fact that he uses resin in his work and that these goldfish look so realistic. I like his idea behind his paintings, seeing an aquarium as human society where the fish represent humans.  “We as human beings are the main source polluting our own air we breathe”

 

 

goldfish-1Kingyo Sukui (The Ark). Wood, net, aluminum, epoxy resin and acrylic, 2015. 73 x 75 x 38 inches. Courtesy Joshua Liner Gallery

goldfish-6Tsuzuki. Japanese Cypress sake cup, resin, acrylic, 2015. 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.2 inches. Courtesy Joshua Liner Gallery

goldfish-9Spring of the Moon. Tub, ladle, epoxy resin and acrylic, 2015. 13.78 x 12.6 x 9.84 in. Courtesy Joshua Liner Gallery