Believe me when I say that its a once in a lifetime fortuity to have been able to catch the Mucha Exhibition on at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, quite simply because 1) 100 pieces from the exhibition have never been allowed abroad till now, 2) its Mucha, champion of the Art Nouveau movement and 3)I’m his absolute, complete acolyte, right up there with Waterhouse. His advant garde illustration style was light years ahead during his era and even in recent times as countless artists feverishly copied, imitated, duplicated none ever reproduced anything as stunning as did Mucha himself. Even if anyone came close, Mucha would have beaten them a full hundred years ahead. At the end of my visit that day as I was hurried out by the curators my eyes were painfully strained having pored over every single piece of his amazing works.
PS Why are so many friends from Netherlands checking out this post ? Is there an event going on ? Please let do leave a comment and let me know why.
September 9th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
There is indeed an event going on in the netherlands: it is an internet competition in finding answers to complicated questions in a minimum of time. This week’s question concerns the life of A. Mucha. Look at http://www.serendip.nu – vragen
Best regards,
Snowflake
September 11th, 2007 at 8:38 am
Hello snowflake, thanks for letting me know ! I was just going crazy wondering why the sudden surge in visitors from Netherlands…
July 10th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Wow, I’d like to have been there! Like you say, Alphonse Mucha, who created the whole art noveau style, is ahead of all its imitators. He had a spiritual intent with his artwork, maybe that makes the difference?