Pageant of the Masters - Paintings Brought Into Real Life
The world has come full circle. Here I am, in Los Angeles, blogging about a Japanese TV clip about an event I’d never heard of that takes place in suburban Los Angeles. I don’t know whether to be shocked, surprised or saddened.
Either way, this is pretty awesome. Real life recreations of famous paintings. It’s performance art of art. And while it may be relatively cheesy in person, watching it through the filter of Japanese TV gives me just the right feeling of happiness.
Official POM site is here. With extra champagne cork popping!
I’ve actually gone to the show one year. It was pretty cool ^.^v
October 28th, 2007 at 11:39 am
[...] There is something enchanting about Japanese TV that keeps my eyes glued to the tube at odd hours of the night. I recently came across this video from TV in Japan which highlights the pageant of the masters, an art festival, that takes place at Laguna beach in California every year. Here is what the author of TV in Japan had to say about Japanese coverage of the event. Either way, this is pretty awesome. Real life recreations of famous paintings. It’s performance art of art. And while it may be relatively cheesy in person, watching it through the filter of Japanese TV gives me just the right feeling of happiness. [link] [...]
October 29th, 2007 at 3:10 am
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November 19th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
its really amazing, the artists are too real and very disciplined, BRAVO!!!!
January 15th, 2008 at 5:44 am