Ken Belson, author of Hello Kitty: The Global Brand with Nine Lives will talk about his book during a 6:30 p.m. lecture in the DeBoest Lecture Hall of the Indianapolis Museum of Art on 27 March. The presentation is sponsored by the IMA's Asian Art Society and the Japan-America Society of Indiana. Hello Kitty was Japan’s brilliant answer to Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse. Belson will discuss how Japan’s most famous cartoon kitten and other Sanrio characters have become a global cultural phenomenon, beginning in the 1970s with the Japanese concept of kawaii or "cute".
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Indy Says "Hello Kitty"
Ken Belson, author of Hello Kitty: The Global Brand with Nine Lives will talk about his book during a 6:30 p.m. lecture in the DeBoest Lecture Hall of the Indianapolis Museum of Art on 27 March. The presentation is sponsored by the IMA's Asian Art Society and the Japan-America Society of Indiana. Hello Kitty was Japan’s brilliant answer to Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse. Belson will discuss how Japan’s most famous cartoon kitten and other Sanrio characters have become a global cultural phenomenon, beginning in the 1970s with the Japanese concept of kawaii or "cute".
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