A New Generation of Japanese Artists Transcends the Culture of Cuteness

March 30, 2011

Japan Society's Bye Bye Kitty!!! includes many incredibly complex, luridly violent and disquietingly subtle works by young artists throwing off the conventions of kawaii.

By Benjamin Sutton

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A New Generation of Japanese Artists Transcends the Culture of Cuteness

Kohei Nawa, "PixCell-Elk #2" (2009).

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