{"id":1821,"date":"2013-06-13T21:12:48","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T21:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/index.php\/2013\/06\/13\/gajin-fujita-takes-a-photo-op-in-front-of-his\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T21:05:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T21:05:28","slug":"gajin-fujita-takes-a-photo-op-in-front-of-his","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/gajin-fujita-takes-a-photo-op-in-front-of-his","title":{"rendered":"Gajin Fujita takes a photo op in front of his newly installed mural"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"478\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"1822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/tumblr_moco9cQ39K1r7s5hko2_500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/tumblr_moco9cQ39K1r7s5hko2_500.jpg 478w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/tumblr_moco9cQ39K1r7s5hko2_500-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" data-id=\"1823\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/tumblr_moco9cQ39K1r7s5hko1_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/tumblr_moco9cQ39K1r7s5hko1_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/tumblr_moco9cQ39K1r7s5hko1_640-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gajin Fujita takes a photo op in front of his newly installed mural located in San Diego\u2019s La Jolla neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the artwork in this mural looks familiar, it was actually taken from Fujita\u2019s original painting \u201cTail Whip,\u201d 2007, that was most recently shown &nbsp;in his solo exhibition \u201cGajin Fujita: Ukiyo-e in Contemporary Painting\u201d at the Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA. <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lalouver.com\/post\/25934883605\/gajin-fujita-and-tsukioka-yoshitoshi#.UbozO_Z35bs\">Look back at our previous post that highlighted the museum show, and the relationship between <em>ukiyo-e&nbsp;<\/em>(traditional Japanese form of printmaking) and Fujita\u2019s work.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This mural was made possible by the efforts and funding of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.muralsoflajolla.com\/\">Murals of La Jolla<\/a>, a community initiative founded to enrich arts programs in La Jolla.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gajin Fujita takes a photo op in front of his newly installed mural located in San Diego\u2019s La Jolla neighborhood. 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