Materials: acrylic paint, map of Tokyo (Yamanote Line Okachimachi area), brass foil, piece of plastic from the beach, pen, canvas ▷About TOKYO MONSTER_GoTo Paradise (continued from series description) Looking back on history, people have a background of overcoming the rough times by praying and wishing for relief. Environmental changes, wars, pandemics, economic downturns, and the present day is also in the midst of an unstable world. Therefore, we have added elements that suggest a future of salvation ("GoTo Gokuraku") by citing Buddhist decorations that evoke the image of a Buddha in a fighting rage phase and the Pure Land philosophy, as well as frame-by-frame expressions that show the passage of time like an emaki or manga. What human beings need to overcome the turning point of time is the light of hope, unchanged in the past and the present. That is the end point of my expression. ▷Concept of this work This work depicts an Ark from this world to a future of salvation where the Housoge (flowers blooming in paradise) will be in full bloom. Along the way, ocean plastic, the symbol of a mass-waste society, is peeled off and purified as a thing of the past. *Screen is coated with protective burnish and a cord is attached to the back for wall hanging. *A seal (a simple certificate) is attached.
