So, how was Japan?

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So, how was Japan? An exhibition of paintings and suchlike by Mollypop as part of the Fringe at the Ballroom Café (9 Riddiford Street, Newtown) from the 1st of March (Opening hours: 7:30am-6:00pm Mon & Wed, 7:30am-7:30pm Thurs & Fri, 8:30am-5:00pm Sat & Sun).

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Upon return from my most recent bout of extended overseas escapism, the title of my exhibition, So, how was Japan, was a question I dreaded and therefore largely managed to avoid answering.

How is one to sum up [in polite conversation] two years of over-stimulation, a myriad of people and the trials and richness of life in general in a country where time seems to speed up?

If you’re anything like me, you’ll give everyone minimal answers, wait for a year and then let it all hang out in the form of visual art for the Fringe festival.

From gratuitous appropriation of the gloriously cryptic written language (I wouldn’t be the first), to the pains of a cross-cultural relationship, to simple realistic depictions of the only sushi I could eat (bejitarian desu)- I share all this plus a couple of t-shirts with the viewer, along with the opportunity to ask me questions directly over the web.

For fear of being mistaken for an art-wank I seldom freely offer information with regard to the emotional depths and artistic processes of my work, but in the name of the Fringe, if someone wants to know something, all they have to do is ask. To the right people- I’ll always have a lot to say.

ENDS

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