Today is the Tuesday, almost a week since I worked here at a commercial mall promoting art. I would love to share with you Aida Makoto, a japanese artist that pushed illustration to its extreme. By simple browsing the below images you may understand what I mean!
Aida Makoto is born in 1965 in Nigata Japan. He was graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts. Like a free bird flying across different creative disciplines, he moves to and from between society and history, across the borders between contemporary and pre-modern, east and west with a contrast and scathing critique has earned him a sizable following among people of all ages. I acquired active responses from audience when sharing one of his artwork online. The feedback was huge.
My interest sparked when discovering an article about one of his work online. "On page 19 of 5th grader Greek textbooks, students can see what it looks like to make a mixture of naked bodies." Greek mythology always amazes us, now its text books do too. The book in questions has been taught in Greek elementary schools for almost ten years since its first edition in 05-06 without anybody noticing the nude, mainly female bodies, mixed together in a blender.
Obviously it's a joke when the publisher decided to put this image as an example of a Blender. The Ministry of Education in Greek has already removed such image from the digital display of its book, however you can still find it in the actual book if you are interested. Nonetheless, this artist is totally worth the exploration!
Makoto's art explores the dynamics of the Japanese psyche incorporating young girls, businesman, war and politics. (The recognized symbol of cultures in Japan in its 70s) Aida's art includes manga-style painting, and many of his artworks are painstakingly detailed that took him years to complete.
Aida Makoto is born in 1965 in Nigata Japan. He was graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts. Like a free bird flying across different creative disciplines, he moves to and from between society and history, across the borders between contemporary and pre-modern, east and west with a contrast and scathing critique has earned him a sizable following among people of all ages. I acquired active responses from audience when sharing one of his artwork online. The feedback was huge.
My interest sparked when discovering an article about one of his work online. "On page 19 of 5th grader Greek textbooks, students can see what it looks like to make a mixture of naked bodies." Greek mythology always amazes us, now its text books do too. The book in questions has been taught in Greek elementary schools for almost ten years since its first edition in 05-06 without anybody noticing the nude, mainly female bodies, mixed together in a blender.
Obviously it's a joke when the publisher decided to put this image as an example of a Blender. The Ministry of Education in Greek has already removed such image from the digital display of its book, however you can still find it in the actual book if you are interested. Nonetheless, this artist is totally worth the exploration!
Makoto's art explores the dynamics of the Japanese psyche incorporating young girls, businesman, war and politics. (The recognized symbol of cultures in Japan in its 70s) Aida's art includes manga-style painting, and many of his artworks are painstakingly detailed that took him years to complete.
Aida Makoto
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This is the image of the "questionable" artwork. It is insane!
Hard not to admit it's bloodiness, but sure it's intriguing too.
Page 19 of the 5th grade textbook, titled "Blender". Created in 2001,
acrylic on canvas, 290 x 210.3cm, TAKAHASHI Collection in Tokyo
acrylic on canvas, 290 x 210.3cm, TAKAHASHI Collection in Tokyo
Some may feel intolerable to Aida's painting style, yet I am completely into his works because I always always love detailed works. hah!
Let's look at the below artworks, their ashy atmospheres may withdraw yourself from the goose-picking blender and give you a different view on Makoto's art.
Giant Salamander, 2003, TAKAHASHI Collection, Toyko
Some other example of manga-bizarre style.
Picture of Waterfall, 2007-10, Collection: The National Museum of Art, Osaka
AZEMICHI (A path between rice fields), 1991, Collection: Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi
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