This exhibition is the largest art tour of Amano in China, which will present the full history of the fantasy godfather’s classic creations, including the recent. 200 original paintings, 32 frames. Newly hand-painted original works by newly created and precious artists, and Animated film works 5
Amano Himeaka was born in Shizuoka, Japan in 1952. He was a small brush and he did not leave his hand. At the age of 15, he entered the then-improved animation company “Dragon Son” with his genius, as a classic animated business card “Science Peter Pan”, “Little Bee” and other character design. In the early 1980s, he began to create illustrations for the sci-fi magazine SF. He collaborated with famous Japanese novelists such as Dream Pillow, Judi Xiu Xing, Tian Zhongfang Shu, Li Benxun, etc., with gorgeous and beautiful painting style and its grand and magnificent fantasy world. In four years, he won the highest award in the Japanese science fiction class, “Xingyun Reward”. The animated film “Angel’s Egg” by Amano and the well-known Japanese director Oshii Shou, highly praised by French critics
In the late 1980s, never used computer creation, but took the lead in designing characters for video games. The video game Final Fantasy has now grown to the 15th generation and has become synonymous with the artist himself. In the 1990s, Amano Hiroshi once again set foot on stage design, film scenes, fashion design, etc., and set up studios in Paris and New York. The artistic achievements gradually received the attention of the international art world. The cities of the United States and Japan and France, Germany, Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium Exhibitions in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and other places continue to be invited. In 2000, “THE SANDMAN: The Dream Hunters”, created in collaboration with Neil Gaiman, was nominated for the Hugo Award and won the Ezner Comic Industry Award (American Anime Awards). Amano Hiroshi is known as an artist who leads the trend of the 21st century
Born in the lacquer art home, Amano’s learning process is rich in traditional culture, animation, science fiction, games and art, literature, drama and other nutrients, and integrates to create a well-known “Tianyeliu” art style. As the art critic Lu Rongzhi said: “The unique styles of beauty and heroes in the works of Amano Hiroshi are often cross-cultural characters. These weird, fanciful characters lead to an ecstasy of real and virtual intertwining. The anime characters in the game, whether they look like aliens or prehistoric humans, create a reality that exists only in the imaginary world… looking at people with exaggerated eyes, as if they are staring at the crowd from another world. “
Through this “Fairy Fantasy – Amano Hiroshi Art Exhibition”, not only can you deeply understand the artist’s growth history and artistic style, but also the surrounding Tianye works “One Thousand and One Nights” Theater and “ The illusion of Final Fantasy will simultaneously introduce the “Final Fantasy” co-branded theme coffee and derivatives store. In the 1.2km Binjiang River Art Park along the Yicang Art Museum, an animation interactive corridor will be built, and various activities and contents related to the exhibition theme will be launched, and together they will enter the second element enchantment created by Amano Hiro
Amano is an artist of the next century. He brings together animations, American comics, and many traditions to develop and develop, and to carry forward the high wall between the past and the future, pure art and illustration
—— Neil Gaiman.
Amano Hiroshi is a superstar in the Japanese animation industry. He has created “Essential Speed Racer”, “Science Peter Pan” and “Final Fantasy” epic comics, which are loved by young people all over the world —— The New York Times.
Although Amano Hiroyuki creates a variety of games and anime, it is also a highly respected world-class artist. He has held various exhibitions around the world and is one of the few artistic talents in the world today
—— Forbes.
White Fantasy – Amano Hiroshi Art Exhibition.
Extension: June 1st – September 1st, 2019.
Location: Yi Cang Art Museum (4777 Binjiang Avenue, Pudong New Area, Shanghai).
Time: 10:00 -18:00 (17:30 stop admission, closed on Monday).
Ticket price: 30 yuan (early bird ticket).
Ticketing address: http://tickets.mamsh.org/m/#/projectDetail/30080.html