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As a graphic designer and artist, Yokoo employs the pop-art strategy of appropriation to highlight the ubiquity of commercialization and westernization of modern-day Japan. At first glance, the work appears to be a poster for a science fiction film. Yet, on closer inspection, the combination of images—from fighting Japanese warriors and the blood-red sea, to burning lotuses and a smiling Marilyn Monroe enshrined at the center—serve as a comment on modern culture. This criticism is highlighted by the Eye of Providence, pictured above center, looking away from what unfolds beneath.
GM, 2019
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posters; faces; eye; circles; rocks; figures; blood; fires; sky; fighting; animals; light Link to share this object record:
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