“Little Boy” Japan’s Exploding Otaku Subculture
In laudation of Japan’s favorite puerile artist and the wonderboy of the Japan Society, may I present for your honorable edification….LITTLE BOY, the art show!
“Time bokan” by Takashi Murakami
Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture
Curated by Takashi Murakami, Japan Society, New York, at the Japan Society Gallery, Spring 2005, Through July 24, 2005
Little Boy…explores the culture of postwar Japan through its arts and popular visual media, from the perspective of one of Japan’s most celebrated artists… Takashi Murakami explores the historical influences that shape Japanese contemporary art and its distinct graphic idioms. The exhibition’s title, Little Boy, refers to the …both the nickname for the bomb dropped on Hiroshima and an image of Japan’s infantalized culture.…more….
WOT? You can’t make it to New York to see “Little Boy” the art show bomb? Well buy the Murakami’s book, or better yet, build your own.
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