Gajin Fujita on Tsujikoka Yoshitoshi | Artists on Art

LACMA’s Artists on Art videos offer insights into works in the museum’s encyclopedic collection that have inspired and informed artists working today. Looking at art through their eyes, we hear directly from artists about works that intrigue them and have fed their own creativity.

For Artists on Art, Gajin Fujita speaks on Gojo Bridge, an Episode from teh Life of Yoshitsune by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.

The paintings of Gajin Fujita, who was born and raised in East L.A., are epic mashups of the street tagging he did as an adolescent and traditional Japanese imagery and techniques. His work has been exhibited at LACMA (2005–6) as well as at the Belvedere Museum in Vienna and the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, among other institutions worldwide.

Read more about the artist's connection to this work at:
https://unframed.lacma.org/201....7/11/07/artists-art-

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