In search of sacred space? anime fandom and Miyazaki World The 1990's and beyond: Japanese fantasy takes wingĪnime nation: cons, cosplay and (sub) cultural capitalĭiffering destinations: cultural identification, Orientalism, and "Soft Power" in twenty-first-century anime fandom The dark heart of fantasy: Japanese women in the eyes of the western male
Paths of power: Japan as utopia and dystopia in the postwar American imagination "Mon semblable! mon frere": collecting, doubling and mirroring Japan in England and America 1878-1941 Japonisme from Monet to Van Gogh: "above all to make you see" Titleįrom Impressionism to anime : Japan as fantasy and fan cult in the mind of the West / Susan J. This intention is duly carried out by the highly immaculate reflective material that lures a viewer in so close that the overall composition fades and they are left confronted with their own distorted and imperfect mirror image.Request This Author Napier, Susan Jolliffe.
According to the artist, its shiny exterior is intended to "manipulate and seduce" unlike the cheap rubber it imitates. His most famous works to date are towering sculptures of balloon animals this one stands over ten feet tall, weighing in excess of a ton. He also creates an ingenious reversal of economic logic in the way that many of his pieces look cheap but are expensive, or are expensive versions of items initially made to be cheap, therefore questioning the fickleness of audience, market, and commercial success. Whether children’s toys, porcelain figurines, or glossy pages of a magazine selling products and lifestyles targeted to our personal pleasures, tastes, and desires, he blows up our obsessions with tongue firmly planted in cheek.
Jeff Koons derives inspiration from the role of material objects in our lives and the consumerism of society as a whole.
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