http://www.artic.edu/webspaces/fnews/2002-february/febfeatures3.htmlThese days the Other is in. The last Western art fad - the Young British Artists - have one foot in last century and the other in the "has-bin." Globalist art, as the critics and curators are calling it, is the new thing. Basically globalist art calls for artists to no longer be just one nationality. You either have to be from some exotic place and study in the West, or be from the West and study in a non-Western country and become an expatriate.
Another artist who is very much in the "superflat" shadow is Aya Takano. She works in much the same vein as Nara, creating ultra-precious drawings and paintings of various small sizes - some so incredibly miniscule that they are measured in millimeters. You could say her figures, which wrestle, play, kiss and hang out, look more "human" than the typical style popular in Japanese art.
Profile of Aya Takano
