Monday, 28. April 2008
Kustom Japan - Buch
pixeleye, 19:19h
"Kustom Japan" by Michael McCabe, includes a foreword by Don Ed Hardy
California popular culture has deeply impacted the world throughout the 20th century, and the East/West dialog provides inexhaustible ground for inspiration. Today, the cultural stylizations of hot rod and kustom kulture are part of a nostalgic mystique that is being adopted by a growing number of young people in Japan, who see Kustom Kulture as transcedent, powerful, and most importantly, defining.
The Japanese visionaries represented in this book continue to embrace, digest, perfect and transform powerful sub- and mainstream realms of expression. Mike McCabe's photographs and words are a fresh and amazing testament to this process of reinvention.
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An east-meets-west blend of Kustom Kulture, Southern California and Japan. The book is presented exceptionally well, much in the same essence as this unique and thriving genre. Michael McCabe has successfully blended two cultures as one, two languages (Japanese and English text) in print along with full color photographs that capture and present Kustom Japan.
***
"Kustom Japan" is an inside view of the amazing Kustom Kulture scene in Japan. Fantastic creations inspired by California car and bike culture are interpreted an transformed with classical Japanese artistry and precision. Vehicle builders, painters, and enthusiasts describe their passion for this world, brought to us here by Michael McCabe's amazing photos.
***
First edition, Hardcover
Total Pages: 192
2008 Hardy Marks Publications
Text/Language: English & Japanese
includes a foreword by Don Ed Hardy
35,00 EUR inkl. Mwst., plus shipping (Germany 4,50 EUR / Europe 9,00 EUR )
California popular culture has deeply impacted the world throughout the 20th century, and the East/West dialog provides inexhaustible ground for inspiration. Today, the cultural stylizations of hot rod and kustom kulture are part of a nostalgic mystique that is being adopted by a growing number of young people in Japan, who see Kustom Kulture as transcedent, powerful, and most importantly, defining.
The Japanese visionaries represented in this book continue to embrace, digest, perfect and transform powerful sub- and mainstream realms of expression. Mike McCabe's photographs and words are a fresh and amazing testament to this process of reinvention.
***
An east-meets-west blend of Kustom Kulture, Southern California and Japan. The book is presented exceptionally well, much in the same essence as this unique and thriving genre. Michael McCabe has successfully blended two cultures as one, two languages (Japanese and English text) in print along with full color photographs that capture and present Kustom Japan.
***
"Kustom Japan" is an inside view of the amazing Kustom Kulture scene in Japan. Fantastic creations inspired by California car and bike culture are interpreted an transformed with classical Japanese artistry and precision. Vehicle builders, painters, and enthusiasts describe their passion for this world, brought to us here by Michael McCabe's amazing photos.
***
First edition, Hardcover
Total Pages: 192
2008 Hardy Marks Publications
Text/Language: English & Japanese
includes a foreword by Don Ed Hardy
35,00 EUR inkl. Mwst., plus shipping (Germany 4,50 EUR / Europe 9,00 EUR )
