Shintaro Miyake: The Beaver Project
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The Massachusetts College of Art is about to host an exhibition of the irresistible Japanese artist Shintaro Miyake.
Phase 1 of the Beaver Project took place in September 2005, when Miyake visited Boston to film his nature documentary, which will premiere at the exhibition. Donning a homemade costume of a "cartoon" beaver, Miyake starred as "Beaver" (see image below, on the left) gathering wood to build his 45-foot multi-colored dam and shopped for chest waders and lumber for his lodge.
Shintaro Miyake: The Beaver Project Via adorablog. Images: Seite, Metropolis, artnet, Tomio Koyama gallery. |
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Snip from post on we-make-money-not-art: Miyake's Beaver Project at MassArt promises to be one of his most challenging endeavors to date. Phase 1 of the project took place in late September 2005, when Miyake visited Boston for two weeks to film his nat... Read More
Shintaro Miyake is a beaver with a mission. Actually, he's an artist portraying a beaver in a truly odd and perversely cute installation at the Massachussets College of Art. The gallery setup includes a beaver dam and pond constructed by... Read More
