My Own Stories (名も無い街は 空想と共に) is a collection of illustrations by Osaka based Japanese artist Akira Kusaka (日下明), who first started out in the industry creating album cover art for the duo rock group Yorushika (ヨルシカ). I was happy to discover this book while browsing at the giant Maruzen bookstore near Tokyo station during my earlier time in Japan this spring.
With recurring visual motifs centered around the crescent moon and serene, starry firmament, Kusaka’s quiet and dreamy imagery invokes a soothing and peaceful state of mind for me, rather like a non-threatening version of Rene Magritte’s art work, if you will. Most of his art work is created in Photoshop.
A quaint little art book with delightful illustrations to enjoy on a lazy afternoon, transporting your thoughts and imagination to faraway, dreamlike pastures. Recommended.
“My Own Stories – Akira Kusaka Illustration 名も無い街は 空想と共に 日下明作品集” art book details :
Dimensions – 0.55 x 5.83 x 8.27 inches
Softcover, 176 pages, full color
In Japanese
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July 14th, 2024 at 5:47 pm
Personally i think that his artistic style is too much influenced by Magritte. This author has not yet found his personal artistic style (and it is not a compliment…). His works remember me the images of the cards of the board game “Dixit”: simple and dreamlike….
July 17th, 2024 at 5:06 am
Cristiano – Interesting, I need to check out Dixit ! Thanks for the info !
July 18th, 2024 at 11:45 pm
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July 17th, 2024 at 5:06 am
Cristiano – Interesting, I need to check out Dixit ! Thanks for the info !
The first illustrator of Dixit Cards was Marie Cardouat.
Below an article about her:
https://www.collater.al/en/marie-cardouat-dixit-illustration/
But Dixit is now a worldwide success, so many expansions has been published, thousand of cards, so other illustrators has been involved.
Each card is a painting….some of them are a true gems of abstract art…