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Born 1976 Saitama, Japan. Known for: Painting.
In Aya Takano visual musings of extraordinary imaginary capacity, she seeks to reinvent and reclaim the highly gendered otaku culture (geek culture) through a feminine perspective. Drawing from the... Read full biography
In Aya Takano visual musings of extraordinary imaginary capacity, she seeks to reinvent and reclaim the highly gendered otaku culture (geek culture) through a feminine perspective. Drawing from the concepts of escapism and fantasy in shojo manga (girls comics) that derived in the uncertain... Read full biography
In Aya Takano visual musings of extraordinary imaginary capacity, she seeks to reinvent and reclaim the highly gendered otaku culture (geek culture) through a feminine perspective. Drawing from the concepts of escapism and fantasy in shojo manga (girls comics) that derived in the uncertain post-World War II era of the 1970s, Takano´s images establish a kind of psychological sanctuary for her audience to surpass the "gravity" of social constraints by employing vaguely familiar but distant... Read full biography
In Aya Takano visual musings of extraordinary imaginary capacity, she seeks to reinvent and reclaim the highly gendered otaku culture (geek culture) through a feminine perspective. Drawing from the concepts of escapism and fantasy in shojo manga (girls comics) that derived in the uncertain post-World War II era of the 1970s, Takano´s images establish a kind of psychological sanctuary for her audience to surpass the "gravity" of social constraints by employing vaguely familiar but distant settings, all of which are transmuted into her delicately painted and vividly coloured canvases. In Country of Turkey, three young girls are on a road trip. The excavated white pillars behind them are reminiscent of the megaliths that pre-date... Read full biography
In Aya Takano visual musings of extraordinary imaginary capacity, she seeks to reinvent and reclaim the highly gendered otaku culture (geek culture) through a feminine perspective. Drawing from the concepts of escapism and fantasy in shojo manga (girls comics) that derived in the uncertain post-World War II era of the 1970s, Takano´s images establish a kind of psychological sanctuary for her audience to surpass the "gravity" of social constraints by employing vaguely familiar but distant settings, all of which are transmuted into her delicately painted and vividly coloured canvases. In Country of Turkey, three young girls are on a road trip. The excavated white pillars behind them are reminiscent of the megaliths that pre-date Stonehenge-Gobekli Tepe, a place of worship built at an unprecedented scale—humanity's first "cathedral on a hill... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeSummoning her owls, she looked yonder. The buildings shone.
Aya Takano Auction: 05/22/2020 - 6/5/2020Lot: 8006Subscribe or get free alerts
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeThe Wind Came. The Vast Sky was a Light Blue. She Sees a World that Envelops the Entire Stratosphere.
Aya Takano Auction: 11/23/2013Lot: 58Subscribe or get free alerts
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