Netsuke: Big Things in Small Packages

I fell in love with netsuke at the Victoria & Albert musuem's Japan section. The Contemporary Netsuke Society has lots of links to interesting netsuke artists.

This one is a depiction of an aging Kirin, the mythical beast that is the Japanese answer to a unicorn.

Speaking of unicorns ... hope to upload shots soon from last month's trip to the Musee National du Moyen Age in Paris ...

Autism and Art

Stephen Wiltshire has been the subject of several news stories and documentaries regarding the remarkable artistic abilities that have accompanied his autism. The BBC did a story a few years ago on some scientific work being done to try to identify the parts of the brain that influence artistic ability in savants (and others) ... wonder when we will all be able to tap into that.

Video Game Art

Just over a year ago, Aaron Smuts argued that "by any major definition of art many modern video games should be considered art," and that "good if not great video game art is in the near future."

Are we there yet?