放音樂/MUSIC IS PLAYING. JUNKO SHIMADA, GALLERY SIDE 2, TOKYO.

Junko Shimada, owns and operates Gallery Side 2, in Roppongi, Tokyo. She is a very generous woman, always willing to respond to our ‘Urgent’ requests, like the time we first met her at Art Basel Hong Kong, two years ago, and instantly requested an interview with her artist, Takeo Hanazawa. So not Japanese of us! Junko has amazing tastes in art and is not quick to let on that these amazing tastes extend to other parts of arts and culture, like music! We are proud to claim Junko as a very great friend of SPITGAN Magazine, and also, without hesitation, our favorite gallery owner in the world!

You can find Ms. Junko Shimada here : http://galleryside2.net/Current.html

Roy Ayers – Love Will Bring Us Back Together

放音樂/MUSIC IS PLAYING. BY FINE ARTIST, TAKEO HANAZAWA.

今個月有來自日本的藝術家Takeo Hanazawa我們挑選了15首他喜愛的歌曲作品。這位深受街頭文化及音樂影響的年輕藝術家,其作品風格幽默而充滿玩味,雖然有時甚至會予人不正經的感覺,但作品背後卻其實蘊含了深厚的街頭文化精髓。他的作品都是一些充滿力量的語言,就像他喜愛的音樂般,觸動人心。

他的代理公司為www.galleryside2.net // Spitgan與他做了一個專訪,在即將出版的第三期刊出,大家密切留意。

Get on down, Takeo! This month we are blessed with musical selections from the young and talented Japanese artist, Takeo Hanazawa! Takeo wears his musical influences on his sleeve. Google his paintings, sculptures, and artwork titles! We at SPITGAN dig his whimsical, irreverent style. Don’t write off the man’s work as all play, there are serious messages embedded within the pop culture references. These speak powerfully, like the music that inspires him. One.

Takeo Hanazawa’s work is represented by the great people at : www.galleryside2.net // SPITGAN will have the exclusive interview coming with issue #3!

Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Roy Ayers – 2000 Blacks Got To Be Free