“Old tuxedos and suits are cheaper than blue jeans”
a taxidermist after my own heart.
Born out of the mythos of Coney Island, Yamada’s present-day cosmos includes several six-foot-long Mongolian death worms; a pair of Fiji mermaids; a two-headed baby; a hairy trout; a seven-fingered hand; fossilized fairies; jackalope stew; a five-foot-long bloodsucking chupacabra; a 16th-century homunculus; a legion of samurai warriors trapped in the bodies of horseshoe crabs; a tiny marsh dragon; a coven of freakishly large, nuclear-radiated stag beetles from Bikini Atoll; and a furry mer-bunny, all of which are brought to life using old bones, shells, resin, origami, and bits and pieces of refuse, both inorganic and fleshy.
“In the East, abnormalities are not seen as shocking,” explains Yamada as he slogs through a deep, soggy thicket behind a baseball field. “The freakish is not a bad thing. It can represent the mystery of the universe. An expression of divinity. A blessing.” (more here).
if the Japanese man would like to share a dinner of jackalope stew, he should respond to me here, because, “You are my inspiration, Old Man. A perfect combination, Old Man. Your eyes, your hair, are beyond compare, so is it any wonder? You captured me, and now I’m under your spell, Old Man.”
dibs on the Japanese man
November 20, 2006 at 6:23 pm
did you steal this quote from that doris day/rock hudson movie “pillow talk?”
theuglyearring
November 20, 2006 at 6:25 pm
I saw Takeshi Yamada at the taxidermy contest held at Union Hall, Brooklyn on Halloween weekend. He won the Grand Champion for his home made taxidermy freak animals – big and ugly Fiji meremaid and strange Sea Rabbit (Rabbit mermaid). Where did he come from? Where were did those hot chicks around him also come from? Very cool and freaky Halloween fun. I may start taxidermy. I found a few links of him.
http://sideshowworld.com/SSA-15.html
http://www.roguetaxidermy.com/members_detail.php?id=528
http://horseshoecrab.org/poem/feature/takeshi.html
http://takeshi.yamada.brooklynartist.com/
Is taxidermy getting popular as a new art in NYC?????? Are they all nuts???????????
Jack
December 2, 2006 at 3:45 am
let’s hope that something as good as the art of taxidermy remains incognito and out of the corporate mainstream.
i bet a rogue taxidermy gathering has the best intellectual discussion. oh, to be a fly on the wall!
theuglyearring
December 15, 2006 at 5:11 pm
I live in Brookly and Takeshi Yamada is one of my favorite artists here.
Yamada is featured in “The Mythic Creatures” exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC now. It could have been better if they did not highlited scientic analytical aspect too much in the show. Yamada’s Sea Rabbit (http://sideshowworld.com/TYSeaRabbit.html) and the Fiji Mermaid featured in the documentary film were truly awesome. I wish his rogue & sideshow taxidermy artworks were on display there, too.
I also enjoyed “Mythic Festival” held on June 24, 2007. Yamada and his several dozens of taxidermy artworks such as several dragons and Fiji mermaids were there and attracted many people at his section. It was very entertaining one. (He was in tuxedo and dozens of Mardi Gras beads as always.) Yamada’s art lecture on July 10 was also a very good one – it was like a theater production of his walking around on th estage with his taxidermy pieces in his hands while he commented on them with his many taxidermy monsters including dragons, mermaids, sea rabbits, and 32-feet giant sea serpent. (yup, he was in tuxedo and with dozens of Mardi Gras beads)
We need more crazy artists like him in this truly crazy city.
Jack
Jack
July 22, 2007 at 10:37 am