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Lacquered Char's Zaku on display at the Met 2017-06-13 11:34:36 Post No. 15612216
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Lacquered Char's Zaku on display at the Met
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2017-06-13 11:34:36
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>At the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, New York, a plastic model from a popular Japanese anime has been reborn as a work of art.
>The "Char'z Zaku" exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art appears in "Mobile Suit Gundam".
>Several layers of lacquer are painted, shining deep vermillion.
>The Metropolitan Museum of Art assistant curator said, "We would love to attract a new audience, especially young people, not only from Japan but also the United States."
>The plamo Zaku, with a height of more than 30 centimeters, was donated by Kazushi Toki, a lacquer artist. It will be on display until February 2018 as part of an exhibit of traditional Japanese craft techniques.
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/videonews/fnn?a=20170613-00000103-fnn-int
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>>15612216
It's nice... but the Met? Really? This thing isn't exactly the Mona fucking Lisa. A fourteen year old boy can make this in a week.
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>>15612216
seamlines , char´s zaku y magenta-pinkish, or salmon , not red.
i´ve seen things more worthy of being called art at the gunpla threads, let alone things exposed at competitions than this...
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>traditional Japanese craft techniques
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The artist is just showcasing his lacquering work. It's less about gundam and more about him being tired of doing yet another box, I'm sure.
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>>15612274
then that explains the piece , now the only remaining crime is the use of the wrong color
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>>15612216
But the colour is all wrong. At a glance, it looks more like Ridden's Zaku.
And why did he use the oldest MG? Why not the newer Mega Size version? That would probably lend much better to a lacquer coating because of its large size. If he hates the proportions on that thing, why not the old PG?
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>>15612280
Clearly the guy who made it was a huge fan of Johnny Ridden, but didn't want to correct people who assumed it was Char's Zaku II and then offered to put it in a museum.
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>>15612216
>Kazushi Toki
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Kazushi+Toki%22
>3 results
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>>15612398
>>15612398
Try Japanese
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>>15612398
I just ran the article through Google translate. Google probably botched the guy's name.
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>>15612236
>>15612280
I think the bigger problem, than the exact tone of red, is the fact that the torso is the same hue as the rest when it is supposed to be darker.
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>>15612216
I'm actually really excited, since maybe this can kickstart a return of Gundam to the states again like back in the early 2000s.
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>>15612311
This is the PG.
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>>15612216
>those fucking gaps
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>>15612934
Something tells me that a small exhibit of lacquered gunpla at the Met is not going to generate much hype or interest in MSG. Especially if the museum-goer has no idea what it was from; they'd probably just think it were some nondescript robot toy.
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>>15612934
What?
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>>15612398
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>>15612476
http://www.kenjitoki.com/
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>>15612992
Are you retarded? It's OBVIOUSLY a Transformer Megazord.
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>>15613000
It's clearly a red Shockwave you pleb.
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>>15612313
wait do you mean the nightmare of solomon?
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>>15612216
>Zaku gets displayed in an art museum
>It's the shitty 90s version of the design
This makes me angry
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