NYAB Event - "K2 & Japanese Illustrators in NY Cre8

"K2 & Japanese Illustrators in NY Cre8 - vol.6" Exhibition

NY Coo Gallery

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NY Coo proudly presents “Japanese Illustrators in NY Cre8-vol.6”. This is the sixth installment of group exhibitions presented by Cre8 (pronounced “create”), the Japanese artist management agency established in 1972. The company, which represents 400 illustrators, acts as a bridge that spans artists and businesses. In Japan as in New York, the economy and the government are evolving quickly, and illustrators are also facing rapidly changing economic activity; they are expressing those changes into their artworks, “Japan NOW”. These illustrators express contemporaneousness in a way that is direct and cutting edge, and they do so richly and exquisitely through their artworks.

This exhibition presents new works from an exciting group of young to middle age illustrators, both innovators and mentors, including Seitaro Kuroda and Keisuke Nagatomo, widely known as K2, whose style helped define innovation and significantly influence the Design and Advertisement industries since the 1960’s. K2 is participating specifically to help support future young illustrators. Rogan Hazard, who has taught art in US and Japan and works as an illustrator in both countries, also provides important contributions to this exhibition.