Gallery Opening soon
Heads up Ridgewood!!
Examining the Evolving Handmade Object
Kenzo Minami, packaging for 13 (all images courtesy Johnny Strategy)
As design and art is shaped…
“Dust Collector”
Mini series of past sculptures by Nao Matsumoto
HPGRP Gallery NYC
Opening : 5/9/2013
Sculptures_Nick van Woert
The FU Candle by Nao Matsumoto
Nearly losing a middle finger is reason enough to give the world the ol’ one finger salute, which is what originally inspired Nao to create these novelty candles. However, any reason you can think of to say: “hey fuck you, buddy!” is also acceptable motive for burning one.
Artist: Website (via: Spoon & Tamago)
These candles are on kickstarter
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/411320567/lorimoto-gallerys-grand-opening-art-show?ref=search
He’s selling them on kickstarter now
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/411320567/lorimoto-gallerys-grand-opening-art-show?ref=search
(Source: nevver)
“Middle finger candles originally used to protest the use of nuclear energy in Japan on the anniversary of the tsunami. Hand-made by Japanese artist Nao Matsumoto.” His website here.
3/24/2012 Protestor holds a middle finger candle by Nao Matsumoto in Union Square at the Anti-Police Brutality rally.
Fukishima punk rock band - SCRAP , with Nao Matsumoto’s middle finger protest candle performing their anti-nuke song, “Fuck TEPCO”
Nao Matsumoto created hundreds of middle-finger candles to protest nuclear power in Japan.
