Aya Takano Documentary "Towards Eternity" Part 2 of 2

A documentary by Hélène Sevaux (2008)
Japanese paintress Aya Takano talks about her paintings and her influences. How ideas from science fiction novels moved her so much that she almost felt like having orgasms. Her pictures mostly show black-eyed, nude girls in dreamlike places where they often seem to float within their environment. Animals play an important role, often expressing the emotions of the depicted characters. She also mentions Osamu Tezuka, who plays a central role in japanese manga culture and whose comic "Apollos Song" appears in this documentary. She also talks about how Takashi Murakami (well-known for his superflat style and design of the Luis Vuitton bag) encouraged her and organised her first exhibition. The film was taken from the Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin website: http://www.galerieperrotin.com/artiste-Aya_Takano-29.html

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• Murakami
• Superflat
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• Perrotin
• Osamu
• Tezuka

[xburningxxbridgesxx]

Does anyone know the name of the book she was talking about?

[beboway]

1.i like the big paintings 2. congratulations 3.what i feel about a painting is that i want to "eat" it, to have it and make the painting real, at least the art in it. as a result i keep painting more living in new paintings instead of having the art of it. i think the same happens to Aya. wish you the best

[Ojhill2011]

From 0:00 to 0:30: that's the one major thing that pisses me off about the states. I've been painting and drawing nudes (both men and women) for years and with each new piece, someone is always giving me that high moral attitude and treating me like some dangerous pervert.

[pablopick]

thanx 4 posting - it was a wonderful, insightful, inspiring little film!

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[ffzappe]

lol Aya worked for nintendo! Her english is fine, the dub is kind of annoying -- but, THNKS!