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Murakami was looking to exhibit the work of young artists and to help create an artistic community for like-minded artists that used the
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culture. Japanese female artists like Takano seek to reinvent the otaku culture through a feminine perspective. Takano in particular is interested in depicting how the future will impact the role of the female heroine in society. Her figures, often
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Flowers Inside", Johyun Gallery, Busan, South Korea 2014 •"La Maison d'Aya", BIBO, Hong Kong 2012 •"Heaven Is Inside Of You", Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong •"To Lose Is To Gain", Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
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Digital Gallery", Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, United States • Naoki Takizawa for Issey Miyake, 2004-5 Autumn Winter Collection, Paris, Tokyo (collaboration)
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When it was time for her to start thinking about college, Takano told her parents she wouldn't attend unless she was allowed to enter an art program. In 2000, she received a bachelor's degree from
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In the 1980s, the look of pre-pubescent girls became the target of consumer culture in
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and science fiction. Exotic animals and landforms combined with an urban city are common themes in her artwork, and are intended to show the juxtaposition between
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