what’s amazing . . is: <\/p>\n
1.<\/strong> what a ‘cult’ hero’s welcome KAWS got over there. the great HOKUSAI – is probably rollin’ his eyes, from the grave !! 2.<\/strong> the cross transfer of this solitary, angst-ridden lonely figure going over, so huge in Japan, esp among the leading edge designers, while Hello Kitty cousins, aunts & uncles, rainbow unicorn ponies, powder puffy girlies, anime sailor cuties, and glitter-trippy mushrooms of all sizes . . have fractured into a gazillion million cultural take-over pieces, esp among the youngest here ? <\/p>\n I mean, the KAWS . . ‘Companion’ Macy’s Thanksgiving Day balloon, was only shown \/ flown . . once, in 2012, the year it was made made, and presented with great fanfare, btw. there’s d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y a cultural ‘thesis’, waiting to be written – there. <\/p>\n bet, NARA . .<\/strong> is bawling his brains out – with jealousy.<\/p>\n *NARA as in one-word name, (you<\/em> know – like Madonna), ditto: Murakami.
\nBRIAN DONNELLY actually showed up, (or had to) in person to camp \/ more like tent,
\nwith the lucky ones who won tix to pitch cookie-cutter style tents & roast marshmallows in tiny identical bonfires . . around ‘Companion’, as if the blown-up sculpture was . . a water fall ?
\nwell, come on, the view of Mt Fuji – is amazing.<\/p>\n
\nbut it’s so damn so<\/strong> flat plastic graphic, he’d love it.<\/p>\n
\nit was a big fail \/ ‘too negative’, lol. <\/p>\n
\ndoesn’t even google anymore – without his full moniker: Yoshitoma Nara.
\nNara was pumped up to be a big art star in the 80s.
\nhow the once mighty – fall.<\/p>\n
\nlike I said: waiting for the grand thesis \/ that I don’t have the patience to do in full.
\nwriting a blog ? \/ stuck in the fast lane.
\nand, yet maybe that’s all you need \/ the heads-up.<\/p>\n
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