SPITGAN MAGAZINE: SPITTING MAD FIRE
转眼，又是一季。今年Chuck Taylor/辛普森一家联名产品就是这种低帮满版印花经典款板鞋。他们也生产了高筒双边不同印花的款式，然而看起来却有失平衡。 此外辛普森漫画式的Kimye自拍是艺术家AleXsandro Palombo的杰作。快看，快看。
So back for another season. This year’s re-incarnation of the Chuck Taylor/Simpsons crossover has us fiendin’ for these low-cut all over print joints. They got some high top joints too with different art on each side but they unbalanced to us. The selfie of Kimye in Simpsons stylee is from artist AleXsandro Palombo. Check, check.
I.T.这一季真是卯足了劲。我们会给他们的各种宣传广告不少篇幅，因为的确是非常入眼。这里就是一个意外的惊喜。旗下品牌ETE！虽然我对该品牌不甚了解…很抱歉，他们是一个多品牌公司，感觉旗下似乎有100来个品牌！所以不能怪我！刚说到哪了？对了，这种查图式广告的画风真的特别有味道。 他们将插画与产品照片相结合也是相当微妙呢。我第一次被吸引是在街头看到过往的公交车广告。现在，它又出现在了“GAN”呢！ （I.T.未提供插画家名字）
I.T. really ramped up the pressure this season. We have or will profile quite a few of their brand campaigns just cuz they bringin’ it that way. Here’s a pleasant surprise. Their brand Ete! which I don’t know much about…Sorry, their a multi brand that seems to carry 100 brands themselves! Be gone with your complaining ass! What was I going on about? Yeah, this illustrated stuff. Really like the flavor. Sublte how they combined it with the product shots. It first caught my eye on buses in the streets. Now its on the ‘GAN too! Represent. (Illustrator name not provided by I.T.)
IT公司旗下品牌CHOCOOLATE最受瞩目的部分之一，恕我的愚见，是他们的广告宣传。利用光滑图像的从众心理而大胆地选择使用动画/插图，本季CHOCOOLATE力邀TheBruce Wayne超人成为了系列封面。为什么Bruce Wayne会接受这份邀请？虚荣？因为显然，经济不列入考虑范围。不管怎样吧！一位诚实的超级英雄在任何时候都不亚于超模的影响力。
One of the best things about I.T.’s in-house brand, Chocoolate, in our humble opinion, has always been the advertising campaigns. Bravely choosing to use animation/illustration over the herd mentality of slick images, this season Chocoolate has invited THE Bruce Wayne to be the face of the collection. Why would Bruce want to do it? Vanity? Clearly money wasn’t an issue. Anyways kudos! A bonafide superhero trumps a supermodel any day.
So we are a bit behind here with these releases, but information is not the easiest to come by. So this is issue 14 for FW2013 we believe. Still its Otomo Katsurhiro X Comme de Garcons! What could be better! Check the visuals of a rare collectible. Culled from the movie Steamboy.
Interview/Written by : Johannes Pong
Translation : Jin Tao
Photography : Nick D for precursorprints.com
Special Thanks : Ms. Junko Shimada
Takeo Hanazawa paints and sculpts. East and West, past and present, classical and contemporary all amalgamate into a gloriously neat hybrid in his works. 13th century European pottery, 18th century Japanese composition, characters from traditional Asian mythology (kappa river-sprites; Chinese taoist immortal sennin) as well as modern legends (Chewbacca; Kermit the Frog; Funkadelic pop icons) co-exists cleverly in his pieces. For him, these pose not as opposites in duality, but rather as concepts with underlying similarities. It’s an assessment of his own cultural cache as well as a whimsical homage to what history has wrought. This respectful irreverence to both traditional and contemporary artistry has prompted commissions from musicians like Lily Allen for their own private pleasure, and also collaborations with fashion houses like Alexander McQueen’s latest Tokyo flagship in Aoyama.
Johannes Pong sits down with the artist at Art Basel Hong Kong and has a chat with him in Japanese.
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花泽武夫绘画与雕塑作品，将东方与西方，过去与现在，传统与现代这些两极化的东西混合成为了协调的一体。 他的作品包罗万象，13世纪的欧洲瓷艺，18世纪的日本构图，传统的亚洲神话人物（日本河童;中国道教神仙）到现代传奇（巴卡，青蛙柯密特; 疯克德里克流行音乐形象）无不在他的作品中巧妙地找到了共生的办法。对他而言，这些看似二元对立的事物事实上都具有潜在的相似性概念。这不仅是他对自己的文化修养的评估，更是他对于历史异想天开式的致敬。这种无关传统或现代艺术的敬意，使他赢得了来自像Lily Allen这样音乐家的个人委托项目，以及来自时装屋Alexander McQueen的最新东京青山旗舰店这样的合作项目。
今年五月初，Johannes Pong有幸与这位艺术家面对面坐在香港巴塞尔艺术展，用日语一叙事业与梦想。
Johannes：你第一个梦想的职业是什么？
花泽武夫：我曾经想成为一名厨师，因为我想每天都吃到好吃的食物。那时我还在小学，我的梦想就是吃好吃的，什么都想吃。
Johannes：我上周刚刚采访了一位日本厨师，有趣的是他说他儿时想成为艺术家。
花泽武夫：真的吗？哈哈（大笑）。
Johannes：其实厨师也是艺术家，他们每天都在进行艺术创作，可食用的艺术品。
花泽武夫：但是对我而言，我觉得我真得做不到日复一日地做同一道菜，那样我真的会很无聊。再加上厨艺训练过程也十分辛苦。如果我得到一颗米其林星，保持这颗星所承受的压力难以想象。所以很快我又有了另一个梦想。
Johannes：你的艺术生涯是什么时候开始的？
花泽武夫：整个大学时代我都是村上隆的助手（多摩美术大学，BFA）。所以我每天的行程都是他的工作室而不是教室。哦，其实我还学了踢拳。
