sometimes the gift shop is the funnest part of visiting a museum. i'm very materialistic that way. but at the hara museum of contemporary art, one of my favorite art spots in tokyo, it's the outdoor cafe!
the hara museum is doing an exhibition on the photographer miwa yanagi of "elevator girl" fame. in her latest works, she challenges perceptions of innocence in young girls and the portrayal of old women as witches, inspired of course by folk tales like the brothers grimm.
the pictures at the show were so genius that i wanted to order prints. my favorite was the one used in the flier, an old woman, or perhaps a young girl with wrinkly hands?, wearing a tent. but the prints were very expensive. well, the next best thing to buying art is EATING it, no? so i had the exhibition-inspired dessert plate, a mango and peach mousse covered with a crispy tent, held together by a skinny breadstick.
