Just as Ukiyo-e artists influenced a whole generation of young people 250 years ago, now online illustration communities are the ideal platform to foster superstars and buzz. These superstars are very much contemporary Ukiyo-e artists with the only change being analogue to digital techniques. Now as in the past, Japanese still enjoy drawing. The portfolio includes representative digitally-generated material from the fields of illustration, manga, anime and gaming in Japan. The main illustration is Valon by Akabane. Presented by the Art Fund and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.

Provenance

Hexaproject London Ltd.