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Artist of the moment……..Noriko Ambe

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Noriko Ambe is a contemporary artist who has a unique style working with cut paper. Noriko Ambe was born in Saitama, Japan in the year 1967.

Ambe attended college in Tokyo, Japan at the Musashino Art University. The artist also studied for brief period of time in Italy and New York City and Vermont.

The artist had her first solo exhibition in 1992.

Below a link to the website of artist Noriko Ambe:

http://www.norikoambe.com/

Below in this fantastic clip we listen to the artist talk about her work:

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The artist is now based out of New York City.

Ambe works with many layers of paper and often uses books and magazines to cut her amazing works of art.

I enjoy the depth and very unique sculptural shapes Ambe is generates in her very unique paper works.

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Artist of the moment……..Noriko Yamamoto

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Noriko Yamamoto is a Japanese artist renown for her abstract art born in the year 1929. As a child she was taught the fine art of calligraphy by her father. Yamamoto’s family moved to Tokyo, Japan when she was a young child.

Her family lived in Honolulu, Hawaii from 1935 to 1941 before moving back to Tokyo, Japan in 1941.

In the 1950s the artist would relocate to the United States where she attended the California College of Arts and Crafts located in Oakland, California. An important mentor for the artist was the painter Richard Diebenkorn.

Yamamoto earned both a bachelors of fine art and masters of fine arts degree.

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The artist works in acrylics, watercolors, oils, sculpture, and collage.

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Artist of the moment………Carlo Stanga

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Carlo Stango is a contemporary artist renown for his illustrations of famous cities of the world.

Stango studied architecture in Milan at the Polytechnic Institute. Later he would also attend the Art and Design in Milan called the Scuola del Fumetto.

Stango is based out of Berlin, Germany and Milan, Italy. Two great cities that offer unlimited wonderful panoramic views of the city.

The artist has won many awards for his illustration skills.

 

In this clip two fans of the artist share some works with us:

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Stango reminds me a great deal of British artist Stephen Wiltshire. Both artists specialize in bird’s eye views of cities. Wiltshire in fact often rides in a helicopter to get ideas for his art.