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Takeshi Yamada "Battle of Coney Island" (click on image for full detail)
I am bowled over by all of the various paintings and projects created by Takeshi Yamada. Transplanted to Coney Island from Osaka, he creates pieces about sideshows, curiosities, and alchemy. Truly, an artist after my own heart.
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I recently discovered your blog doing a Yahoo! search on wunderkammen. Anyway, I think it's rather nicely done. I appreciate your affinity for the mysterious.
best
kent
Posted by: Kent | August 10, 2006 at 01:50 PM
Thanks for the kind words, Kent! So glad you found your way over here.
Posted by: Pam | August 10, 2006 at 04:34 PM
“Battle of Coney Island”, 48x72 inch, oil/acrylic on canvas,
Completion/Production Date: (drawing in 2000) Oct 22, 2001 - June 26, 2002,
Comments: This monumental artwork by Takeshi Yamada was produced after the Terrorists’ attack on the World Trade Center Buildings on September 11, 2001. The image of this historical painting is based on Takeshi Yamada’s VISION of historical interspieces battle between humans and mermen to win over the land of Coney Island and Long Island. The horseshoe crab at the right bottom represents the reincarnated warrior. In Japan, according to the mythology, the horseshoe crab is considered as the reincarnated samurai warrior who fought and dead around the Japanese Civil War.
For more information, please go to following websites.
http://horseshoecrab.org/poem/feature/takeshi.html
http://sideshowworld.com/TS1ArtS.html
http://sideshowworld.com/SSA-15.html
Posted by: Takeshi Yamada | August 11, 2006 at 09:53 AM
Great info - thanks, Mr. Yamada!
Posted by: Pam | August 11, 2006 at 09:56 AM