Blog of Museum Visit Japan Society Yasumasa Morimura

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Blog of Museum Visit
Japan Society Yasumasa Morimura
The exhibition shows the image of a male prostitute lying on a classy bed and seemingly waiting to serve a client. Also, there is a Black man carrying flowers next to the lying man. The Black man seems to be the servant to the White prostitute. Moreover, the white man is lying naked on the bed and has expensive makeups which include a golden ring on his hands and an expensive necklace. Generally, the background of the painting depicts expensive items that surround the two men. Therefore, the painting shows a reaction of mixed cultures where Black people were considered slaves to the Whites. Further, the image shows the beginning of the gay community which was not welcomed into the society. The man has dressed up like a woman where he has put hairstyle that is similar to that of female prostitutes. During the time, prostitution was an act that was associated with women and man where the people to be served. However, as a gay community raised and they started to demand their rights of sexual identity, artists began to enlighten people regarding the issue through paintings. Hence, the work of the artist was to display the kind of discrimination in society and the beginning of the gay community.
Museum of FIT PINK
Pink has been seen as a color that is associated with romance and feminism. Majorly, pink clothing is meant to be worn during special occasions where couples show their love to each other. Similarly, the same ideology is seen in the fashion industry where pink toys are associated with girls than boys. Further, society considers men who love pink colors to be gays as people believe that pink is a symbol of femininity and romance. Therefore, men who love the color tend to be more feminists than masculine which bring the ideology of the sexual stereotype and identity. Additionally, the pink color is considered important to African designers as the Whites do not prefer it. However, some people believe that the idea of associating pink color to femininity and romance is wrong, it has been seen to be used by several people on different occasions. Also, most men have been seen to be wearing pink clothes which render the belief that the color is associated with females invalid. Moreover, clothes which are designed in pink have been seen in every part of the world. Both White and Black people wear clothes which invalidate the idea that pink dressings are associated with Black people.
Indian Transformer
The idea behind the work was to show that arts move just as our traditions changes. Tradition changes as it transmits customs and beliefs across time. Therefore, there is a contemporary art which means the modern art, a traditional art which is a term used to indicate the native art which was common in the 19th century or earlier. The same is seen in the image above that was generated through the computer by a scientist known as Jon Corbett. Corbett installed a vertical computer monitor that was suspended on a highly narrow gallery which indicated illuminated dots that appeared at the center of the screen. Others quickly followed the dots after every quarter until they ultimately generated four portraits which were the artist`s gr...