Several artists sold out in the one time only ‘free market’ section. Here, Yoshitomo Nara pauses for photos with visitors.。
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At the Takashi Murakami booth, however, attention went to the painters hard at work.
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Mr. Mizuma from Mizuma Art Gallery appeared and behind him Makoto Aida, who had a booth of his own.
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The exhibitors seem to have embraced the sale of their artworks. This sort of scene could be found throughout the fair.
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We saw a great increase in the number of booths offering charicatures but this one by “Iyana Nigaoe” was quite different.
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While many of the booths were quite radical, subtler items like these lamps also received a lot of attention.
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You could also catch people’s attention with hand made walls like this. The exhibitors were quickly adjusting to life at GEISAI.
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These original flower lamps decorated one side of the stage-side tower.
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Yoshitomo Nara and Takashi Murakami met up for the first time in a year. To commemorate a DVD release, they held a live talk together.
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More than seven hundred people gathered for the talk, meaning huge crowds in front of the stage.
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A drawing for bottles of wine, held after the live talk. They were autographed by both Nara and Murakami.
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A live performance by Gorgerous, composed of Matsukage Hiroyuki and Ujino Muneteru.