https://www.japan-zone.com/features/032_japanese_pop_art.shtml
japanese surrealist one of the first, influenced by cubism etc.
^^^ koga for leading journal for children https://www.kodomo.go.jp/gallery/KODOMO_WEB/commentary/artists_e.html
Kurahashi Sozo, a leading authority on children's education, strongly believed in the role of art in the pursuit of the ideal way of life. He called on artists to produce varied yet genuinely artistic forms of expression for children.
http://50watts.com/ (different artists)
(reminds me of janiva ellis again)
CHILDREN BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS ARE KIND OF SURREAL.
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so colourful reminds me of charlie roberts (discovered through exhibition)
http://www.dnp.co.jp/CGI/gallery/schedule/detail.cgi?l=2&t=1&seq=00000728 yokoo exhibition, b&w graphic drawings
focusing on the social situation of the time when yokoo was about to turn 40 years old
reminding me a bit of charles avery
then other artists of fantastical beasts like
in 1969, Yokoo experimented with collage and illustration, re-appropriating found photographs and images, which reflected on the rapid changes and Westernisation of Japan post-war society.
this is pop .. from surrealism - pop surrealism - pop (consumer culture)
keiichi tanaami
COULD I LOOK AT COLOUR AND COMPOSITION ACROSS ( contemporary japanese?! and other) art ..