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Shin Shin Bijinga! (新。真美人系)
My team, Gekkie, Raj, Son Tra and I created a visual response to Shin Bijinga – No.12 Dancing with Fan by Yosho Chikanobu.
I believe this is our first time doing such a project, and actually exhibiting it (although it was only for 5 hours), but for me, it felt really exciting because it was also my first time creating Read more →
Reflections
Initially, I believe like many groups, we had the idea of doing “Singapore landscape” on Japanese screens, when I first imagined the product, it thought how cool would it be! However, after attending the lecture on Japanese art, Bijingas, which was introduced during the lecture, caught my attention. I took this idea to the group and we started having discussions Read more →
Artist Statement
Team Members: Gekkie, Pin, Son Tra, Raj
Artist Statement:
Bijinga is term used to describe pictures that contain beautiful in Japanese art. The type of print for these pieces of art are called Ukiyo-e, which are woodblock prints. These pieces were meant to focus on the beauty of women during the time, hence the meaning of Binjinga. Women were depicted in a mysterious Read more →

New project idea
Group members: Gek, Raj, Pin, Son Tra
After some discussion and today’s lecture, our group have decided to change our visual respond to bijinga where not only in bijinga, many of the subject matter is females during that day. in the original bijinga, females are depicted shy, and not showing their face fully but having a sensual posture. however, they are still pretty well Read more →




Final Assessment
Group members: Gek, Raj, Pin, Son Tra
For the final assessment, we have decided to do a visual response to Japanese screens (byobu). The idea was inspired by Yao Lu’s New Landscapes and Team 5’s presentation. 🙂
At first glance, Yao Lu’s New Landscapes looks like any Chinese landscape paintings of mountains. On closer observation however, it is actually depicting Read more →

