The Dehumanization of Common Themes inSubway No.24
Upon a glance at this surrealist painting, viewers will often feel extremely disoriented and uneasy at the dehumanization of a typical city scene. The frozen atmosphere almost has a hypnotic sensation to it, causing you to get so disoriented that your face gets closer and closer to it until you are on the verge of getting sucked in. Here, in this painting titled Subway No.24 (1978) , Masaaki Sato merges urban life with traditional Japanese art techniques to create themes of everyday life made...