Japan's Art Tower Mito (ATM)’s current exhibit, The Door into Summer: The Age of Micropop, showcases works coming out of a new Pop Art movement in Japan called Micropop. Coined by art critic Midori Matsui, it is defined as “small-scale (micro) and avant-garde (pop)”, and is best characterized by the works of artists Takashi Murakami and Yoshitomo Nara. Nara’s work, along with 14 other Japanese artists', are included in the group exhibit consisting of approximately 250 pieces. Open until May 6.
From Metropolis Tokyo:
Born from a combination of this social rigidity, postwar peace, material comfort, perceived lack of spiritualism, relentless mass media and otaku-style isolation, the emerging subculture of introverted young Japanese artists produces works focusing on themselves, rather than, as in the past, wider social themes…
