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At a Christie's auction in Hong Kong, Japanese artist Tenmyouya Hisashi 's traditional-meets-modern Gundam painting "RX-78-2 Kabuki-mono 2005 Version" went for HK$4.8 million (approx.
US$600,000). Says Hisashi about his work: In Japan there are many "Gundam-Otaku's," and their adoration of Gundam is intense.
Therefore, I did not want to change their image of Gundam. By changing Gundam's "mobile suit" to tattoos, I altered his body, and made him even more customized.
I emphasized the very concept of the "mobile suit," and by setting Gundam against a background of gold leaf from traditional Japanese painting, I emphasized Gundam's samurai origins. Hit the jump for another Hisashi work — this one inspired by a fighting game. According to the artist: In my mind, the distinctions between combat video games, manga, and ukiyo-e have become blurred.
This is a painting that combines on a single screen the features of moving images, manga frames, and single prints. Great stuff. Gun-Slinging Robot [Bloomberg via Sankaku Complex] .
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full story @ source-link: Kotaku
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