Mariko Mori and Takashi Murakami and the crisis of Japanese identity
In the mid-1990s, Japanese artists Mariko Mori (b. 1962) and Takashi Murakami (b. 1967) began creating works that referenced Japanese popular culture tropes such as sexuality, technology and the idea of kawaii, or cute. These tropes were associated with emerging youth cultures instigating a “soft re...
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Language: | English |
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University of British Columbia
2008
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/1244 |