[the original]I'm beginning to understand the subtle, black humour of the Japanese.
a massive painting called the Myth of Tomorrow (by Okamoto),
which now resides in the Shibushishsisushi? train station, was defaced recently.
As it is, the title of the thing is pretty anti-progress.
We are trained to expect a better tomorrow, and now, we're fairly certain
that it ain't coming tomorrow, or the century after that.
Indeed, it was meant as a slap to the US, as its theme is the destructive A bomb
like the one that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Okamoto had a dry sense of humour. He said "art is explosion".
But, some wise guy took it one step further, adding nuclear power to the mix.
a guy added a sketch of the Fukushima nuke plant, smoke, and all.
If nukes aren't a Faustian gamble, playing with the future of the whole human race,
then I don't know what is. All of that so that each Japanese house can have five TVs, 4 computers and self-cleaning toilets.
"A glowing example of the short-sighted Bourgeoisie." [adopt a documentary voice]
[pretty little mushroom, innit?]-Costick67 ~(8^P
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from Wikipedia:
Tarō Okamoto (岡本 太郎, Okamoto Tarō?, February 26, 1911 – January 7, 1996) was a Japanese artist noted for his abstract and avant-garde paintings and sculpture.
...He was deeply interested in mystery and the occult throughout his years in Paris, where he lived from 1930 to 1940. .....
He was known for the quote, "Art is Magic" and "Art is Explosion."
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After 30 years in Mexico, on November 17, 2008, his mural "The Myth of Tomorrow", depicting a human figure being hit by an atomic bomb, was unveiled in its new permanent location at Shibuya Station, Tokyo. This work was made for the Hotel de Mexico in Mexico city by Manuel Suarez y Suarez.
