- Moon
- Aya Takano
- 2004
- Acrylic on canvas, 53×45.5 cm
- Let’s go into the World
- Aya Takano
- 2008
- Acrylic on canvas
2500 x 2800 x 30 mm
- Hoshiko The City Child
- Aya Takano
- 2006
- Acrylic on canvas
1460 x 1120 x 30 mm
- Noshi & Meg, On Earth, Year 2036
- Aya Takano
- 2002
- Acrylic on canvas, 91×73.5 cm
Aya Takano
Biography:
“Aya Takano (タカノ綾Takano Aya) was born 1976 in Saitama, Japan. She is a Japanese pop artist associated with the Superflat movement”
Relation to my work:
Takano is a Japanese artist. She is influenced by fantasy and other japanese culture. In my last meeting with Paul we talked about how I can incorporate being Japanese into my work. Paul also suggested I look into surrealist collages. I think Takano's use of fantasy and Japanese culture is a mix into her work is a good starting point for work I want to make. The way that Takano includes figures into strange worlds is interest to me.
Quotes:
With inspirations varying from 14th Century Italian religious painting to alien evidence to MTV, Takano’s worlds are shiny and futuristic, yet soft and full of traditional and sensual imagery. Her drawings and paintings in which lively, female characters float and contort their waiflike bodies, convey a passionate drive toward creation.
Adam Bryce
The fluidity of her lines and the studied exaggeration of her figures suggest both speed and absolute technical control in her working method. This approach is in keeping with the fluidity often ass with traditional Japanese art...
- Ivan Vartanian
