Earnestly Presented by Tatsuro Kiuchi
How could I forget to mention Tatsuro Kiuchi when sharing my art finds? Looking at Kiuchi's works is like flipping through old photobooks. They are some beautiful yesterdays, with exact details we vaguely remember but still see the light-coloured blurriness whenever we recall. Such a talented artist could have been a biologist considering him being a graduate in Biology back in the uni. Kiuchi later switched profession to an art career after receiving a postgraduate degree at Art Center College of Design, Pasadena. As an illustrator from Japan, Kiuchi is probably right about taking his first step in the market: he published the very first books with US publishers, which enabled him to related his Japanese life experience with a foreign perspective. The collaboration with US publishers made the works crossed national borders to the public, enjoyed favorable feedbacks worldwide (his first picture book "The Lotus Seed" sold 250,000 copies immediately), an...
