Unsafe Day from her exhibition in 2017 seems to rebel against the modern day compulsion to smooth things over and say everything is okay. The rounded shape of the bodies and the focus on young women evoke memories of nihonga or bijinga, but Hidemi says that the influence of such must have been subconscious. She related to us that the ideas behind the young girls and their ESP comes from a “romantic sense” of interpreting the world and its mysteries. According to Ito, her work is inspired by the movies and her imagination. Despite the playful and curious atmosphere in Ito’s drawing, there is also a kind of intensity that swallows the girls in concentration, leaving the viewer wondering how the spoon was manipulated to their will. Seen here in this illustration, the bent spoon is the result of ESP, a kind of matrix level brain control that lends itself to the minds of the girls whom Ito depicts. Soft pastel colors and shadows emphasize the innocence and simplicity in Hidemi Ito’s modern message. Each illustration takes about one month to complete.Ģ. In the same interview, Shohei sheds light on his belief that Japan’s adults “neglect children.” The drawings in Ora Ora exhibit a kind of revenge fantasy, where the children regain their autonomy and power. “.Underneath the surface there is a lot of unhappiness,” he said in an interview with ABC in Australia about his hometown of Tokyo. He describes the city of Tokyo as “suffocating” and “stressful,” his art reflecting this sentiment in its chaos, energy and symbolism. This fitting title illustrates Shohei’s rebellious cyberpunk style, combining modern western cliches and perceptions of Japan with elements of traditional Japanese art. Ora Ora is an angsty cry, a sound that one might hear in the fight scene of an anime or manga. This drawing of a young school girl brandishing knives is from his Ora Ora exhibition in 2017. Shohei Otomo, son of Akira’s Katushiro Otomo, draws almost exclusively with a ballpoint pen, preferring not only its aesthetic but its humble ¥80 price tag.
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