MUSEUM OF WORLD WONDERS (ROGUE TAXIDERMY ART)
Shown in this page are selected rogue taxidermy artworks, curiosities, freaks, and oddities by Dr. Takeshi Yamada, on display and sale at the Takeshi Yamada's Museum of World Wonders in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. For the museum's educational outreach programs, some of these were also displayed at numerous educational and cultural institutions. Examples of them include the American Museum of Natural History, University of Michigan School of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, Long Island University, Berkeley College, Neville-Sargent Gallery, Brownsboro Gallery, Salt Marsh Nature Center, Orchard Beach Nature Center, TCG Gallery, Arsenal Gallery, Vandar Plas Gallery, Peltz Gallery, Shinsen Gallery, Bell House, Keyspan Baseball Stadium, Dreamland Amusement Park, etc. These were also featured in over 500 youtube videos, created by his passionate fans and followers around the world. MOWW1 MOWW2 MOWW3
Shown in this page are selected rogue taxidermy artworks, curiosities, freaks, and oddities by Dr. Takeshi Yamada, on display and sale at the Takeshi Yamada's Museum of World Wonders in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. For the museum's educational outreach programs, some of these were also displayed at numerous educational and cultural institutions. Examples of them include the American Museum of Natural History, University of Michigan School of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, Long Island University, Berkeley College, Neville-Sargent Gallery, Brownsboro Gallery, Salt Marsh Nature Center, Orchard Beach Nature Center, TCG Gallery, Arsenal Gallery, Vandar Plas Gallery, Peltz Gallery, Shinsen Gallery, Bell House, Keyspan Baseball Stadium, Dreamland Amusement Park, etc. These were also featured in over 500 youtube videos, created by his passionate fans and followers around the world. MOWW1 MOWW2 MOWW3
Heaven and Hell monster by Dr. Takeshi Yamada, as seen on the AMC cable television series, Immortalized in 2013.
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CONTENTS
-Space Alien Skulls -Humanoid Creatures (Cryptids, Mythic) -Freak Human Babies -Human Oddities: Freaks, Shrunken Human Head, Freak Hands, Space Alien Hands -Six-fingered Alchemists -Four-eyed Muse, Six-eyed Muse, Goddess with Multiple Eyes -Humanoid (Avian): Fairies -Humanoid (Terrestrial): Chupacabra, Homunculus -Humanoid (Aquatic): Mermaids, Mermen, Human-faced Fish -Furry Animals -Birds -Dragons (Avian) -Dragons (Aquatic): Giant Sea Serpent, Sea Dragons, Japanese Ryūjin (Dragon God, 龍神) -Reptiles: Snakes, Alligators, Tortoises, Turtles Amphibians: Frogs, Salamanders -Fish (Non-humanoid) -Hermit Creatures -Arthropods (Terrestrial): Insects, Spiders, Scorpions -Arthropods (Aquatic): Horseshoe Crabs, Crabs, Shrimps, Sea Scorpions, Sea Centipedes, Trilobites -Mollusks (Terrestrial): Octopus, Squids, Snails, Slugs -Mollusks (Aquatic): Octopus, Squids, Snails, Slugs, Clams, Mussels -Echinoderm (Terrestrial): Tree Starfish, Dragon's Scales |
-Echinoderm (Aquatic): Starfish, Sand Dollars, Sea Cucumber, Sea Apple, Feather Star, Sea Lily -Worms: Mongolian Death Worm, Giant Terrestrial Flat Worms -Fungi: Mushrooms, Molds, Extraterrestrial Silicon Life Forms -Carnivorous Plants -Horseshoe Crab Artworks -Paranormal Phenomena: "Deer Mutilation" with "Time Gap Effect" -Quantum Mechanics: "Yamada's Cat" (Space-Time Paradox, Counterpart to the Schrödinger's cat.) -Man with Hollow Legs & Arms ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ REFERENCE Exhibitions: Cabinet of Curiosities & Wunderkammer (Wonder Room) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TV News, Newspapers, Magazines, Books, Greeting Cards, Exhibition Announcement Cards, etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TV Shows ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Articles I-I Articles II-I ----------------------------------------------------------------------- LINKS |
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Space Alien Skulls
Humanoid Creatures (Cryptid, Mythic)
Freak Human Babies
Human Oddities: Freaks, Shrunken Human Heads, Freak Hands, Space Alien Hands
Six-fingered Alchemists
Four-eyed Muses, Six-eyed Muses, Goddesses with Multiple Eyes
Humanoids (Avian): Fairies
Humanoids (Terrestrial): Chupacabra, Homunculus
Humanoids (Aquatic): Mermaids, Mermen, Human-faced Fish
Furry Animals
Birds
Dragons (Avian)
Dragons (Aquatic): Giant Sea Serpents, Sea Dragons, Japanese Ryūjin (Dragon God, 龍神)
Reptiles: Snakes, Alligators, Tortoises, Turtles
Amphibians: Frogs, Salamanders
Fish (Non-humanoid)
Hermit Creatures
Arthropods (Terrestrial): Insects, Spiders, Scorpions, Land Crabs
Arthropods (Aquatic): Horseshoe Crabs, Crabs, Shrimps, Sea Scorpions, Sea Centipedes, Trilobites
Mollusks (Terrestrial): Octopus, Squids, Snails, Slugs
Mollusks (Aquatic): Octopus, Squids, Nautiluses, Clams, Mussels, Snails, Ammonites, Slugs
Echinoderms (Terrestrial): Tree Starfish, Dragon's Scales
Echinoderms (Aquatic): Starfish, Sand Dollars, Sea Cucumbers, Sea Apples, Feather Stars, Sea Lilies
Worms: Mongolian Death Worm, Giant Terrestrial Flat Worms
Fungi: Mushrooms, Funguses, Molds, Extraterrestrial Silicon Life Forms
Carnivorous Plants
Yamada was a member of the International Carnivorous Plants Society in Walnut Creek, California. Yamada also produced annual "Carnivorous Plants" fine art exhibition and educational events at the Yamada Art Center in the West Side Gallery District in Chicago, Illinois when he lived there.
Exotic Plants
Flowers are sexual organs of seed-bearing plants. A series of imaginary "Exotic Plants" were created by Yamada for the nation-wide traveling X-rated adult fine art exhibition entitled "Sextablos". These 10x8 inch acrylic paintings were rendered on the zinc plates.
Flowers are sexual organs of seed-bearing plants. A series of imaginary "Exotic Plants" were created by Yamada for the nation-wide traveling X-rated adult fine art exhibition entitled "Sextablos". These 10x8 inch acrylic paintings were rendered on the zinc plates.
Artifacts Salvaged from the Dreamland Fire of 1911 (Plaques and Signs)
Marvels (Paranormal Phenomena)
"Deer Mutilation" with "Time Gap Effect"
"Yamada's Cat" (Quantum Mechanics, Space-Time Paradox, Counterpart to the "Schrödinger's Cat")
(Click the picture below for a larger image and detailed descriptions.)
"Deer Mutilation" with "Time Gap Effect"
"Yamada's Cat" (Quantum Mechanics, Space-Time Paradox, Counterpart to the "Schrödinger's Cat")
(Click the picture below for a larger image and detailed descriptions.)
Human Oddity (Freak)
"Man with Hollow Legs & Arms"
"Man with Hollow Legs & Arms"
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REFERENCE
Exhibitions: Cabinet of Curiosities & Wunderkammer (Wonder Room)
REFERENCE
Exhibitions: Cabinet of Curiosities & Wunderkammer (Wonder Room)
TV News, Newspapers, Magazines, Books, Greeting Cards, Exhibition Announcement Cards, etc.
TV Shows
See the page entitled TV SHOWS for details about his two giant rogue taxidermy monsters featured in the new AMC unscripted television series IMMORTALIZED in 2013. CLICK HERE
See the page entitled TV SHOWS for details about his two giant rogue taxidermy monsters featured in the new AMC unscripted television series IMMORTALIZED in 2013. CLICK HERE
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Articles I-I
Artist's Statement: CREATURES AS ART SUPPLIES: Freak Human Babies Made of Real Human Skins, Flesh, and blood. (Originally published in amusingthezillion.com on November 22, 2009.) LINK1 LINK2
Articles I-I
Artist's Statement: CREATURES AS ART SUPPLIES: Freak Human Babies Made of Real Human Skins, Flesh, and blood. (Originally published in amusingthezillion.com on November 22, 2009.) LINK1 LINK2
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LINKS & NEWS MEDIA COVERAGE
LINKS & NEWS MEDIA COVERAGE
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Specifically, the "Museum of World Wonders" and "Coney Island University", "Coney Island Sea Rabbit Repopulation Center", "New York Horseshoe Crab Research Center", "Coney Island UFO Research Center", "Coney Island Entomology Department", "Center for Medical Mycology", "Coney Island Fine Foods International", and etc. are names of the art projects and the totality of artworks, created by Dr. Takeshi Yamada. MOWW was not created by any other human(s) on this planet or intelligent humanoid life form(s) from outer space, whatsoever. Any organizations and companies, that exist in this world with the same names are not related to these, and any similarities to them are purely accidental.
