Clicking through the world today, I came across these colorful pictures from a live painting event that took place at a Tokyo gallery last week. The artist, Que Houxo, created the flowers while under a self imposed 20 minute time limit using what looks like only fluorescent paints, two brushes and his hands with blacklights to make them stand out. Wow. If velvet kaiju are pimp, then this is gangsta.

The performance was part of a showing at Gallery Conceal in Shibuya named "No Tomorrow Tokyo". The theme, at least the theme can grasp I can grasp through Moonspeak-to-Googlese translation, is a reflection on how Tokyo is a city of constant repetitive cycle of construction and demolition at the expense of the natural landscape. I'm not an art connoisseur by any stretch, but seeing the pictures in the gallery and the time lapsed video of his performances included below, I cant help but wonder if this is what Van Gogh would be like if he was a Japanese artist that grew up in the modern era of graffiti.



[originally found here, photography by Evan Roth]