From The Museum Shop
N2 x Nicolas Buffe The Yokai Collection of Accessories
The Museum Shop at the Hara Museum is happy to announce the arrival of the Yokai Collection of accessories, a collaboration between the French accessory brand N2 and Nicolas Buffe, who held an exhibition at the Hara Museum in 2014.
Nicolas Buffe was born in Paris in 1978 and id longtime resident of Tokyo where he currently lives. His work, which is both splendid and light-hearted, is an amalgamation of influences that include Baroque art, Renaissance art and other elements of traditional European culture and subcultures ranging from video games to Japanese and American comic books and animation, a focus of fascination for the artist since childhood. In other words, a unique fusion of East and West and tradition and modernity.
The theme of the collection is the “yokai,” or mythical beasts of Japan. The collection comprises pierced earrings and necklaces with designs based on such nostalgic characters as the “kappa” river goblin, the racoon dog of the “Bunbuku Chagama” folk tale, the mythical “nekomata” cat demon and fox-face mask.
Kappa and Cucumber Pierce 6,700 yen (tax included) size: 3 – 3.5 cm
Striped Tanuki pierce 7,900 yen (tax included) size: 3.5 cm
White Tiger Pierce 5,400 yen (tax included) size: 1.5 cm
Duo of Koma-Obake pierce 4,800 yen (tax included) size: 2 cm
Duo of Koma-Obake Pierce 7,400 yen (tax include) size: 2 cm
Nekomata Face Adjustable Ring 4,000 yen (tax included)
Farandole of Kitsune Masks Bracelet 8,900 yen (tax included) size/length: 17.5 cm
Mask of Kitsune Pierce 5,200 yen (tax included) size: 1.8 cm
left: Striped Tanuki Necklace 7,300 yen (tax included) size/length: 45 cm
right: Farandole of Tanukis and Darumas Double Row Necklace 19,000 yen (tax included) size/length: 55 cm
Each item comes with a drawstring case decorated with an illustration by Nikolas Buffe.
Small quantities, imported from France, are presently available.
We encourage visitors to drop by the shop after viewing the current exhibition Mercedes-Benz Art Scope 2015-2017 – Wandering to Wonder.
The exhibition catalog for Nicolas Buffe:The Dream of Polifilo is also available for purchase.
Nicolas Buffe
http://nicolasbuffe.com/
The Museum Shop
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
Tel: 03-3445-2069
E-mail: shop@haramuseum.or.jp
URL: http://shop.haramuseum.or.jp
*Please note that museum admission is required before visitors can access the museum shop or cafe.