Frequent are the movements in the pop art world in Japan, but rarely can I say they swim around for long out in this great big ocean before they are swallowed up by some other new fish.
This past Golden Week, I made a point of visiting Nao shima. An island that is completely devoted to art and its various and innovative forms. There, they will take something old, or an old idea, and jazz it up a bit and make it fresh for contemporary culture.
These little guys below are much the same, they are Daruma dolls that are sporting a new coat of paint. Traditionally they are plump little red egg shaped men, with enormous O shaped eyes and heavy eyebrows and mustaches. However recently an artist decided that this was a little too traditional and a little too bland. And spruced their vintage look up a little. As you can see they are handsome hand carved little men sporting some genki new patterns.
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