Van Gogh & Japan
Although never being able to travel to Japan, Vincent van Gogh was hugely inspired by it’s famous ukiyo-e woodblock prints. By collecting and reproducing them he introduced a whole new visual language to his oeuvre and the artworld. To show this influence on his work the Van Gogh Museum set up the exhibition Van Gogh & Japan. They invited me to show how both Van Gogh and Japan are still big influences on artists nowadays. This resulted in an animation where I mixed my visual journals from Japan with renditions of Van Gogh’s works.
Photographs by Raymond van Mil.
The complete visual journal of my trip to Japan got published by Nieves. ‘Kimono Days Are Over‘ shows all of my observations, thoughts and dreams during my three weeks in Japan.