These fleeting, poetic moments encapsulate the essence of yūgen (幽玄) — a Japanese aesthetic that embodies subtlety, depth, and quiet wonder. Unlike beauty that demands attention ...

Self-confessed melancholic geek Murakami, famed for his blend of classical and pop art, and numerous collaborations with the ...

He calls his art movement “superflat,” since it uses a “flat” aesthetic common across Japanese art styles and because mixing high and lowbrow art forms is different from class ...

And according to those who knew and worked with him, this aesthetic sense developed early and was influenced heavily by Japanese art — especially the modern woodblock prints, or shin-hanga ...

Known as a masterpiece that elucidates Japanese aesthetics from the perspective of light and dark, his work continues to be read overseas as an excellent introduction to Japanese culture.

In the retrospective of the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama at the NGV, we can see an aesthetic corpus grappling with the ...

Not only Authentic Japanese aesthetic , users can get pretty close to creating images that follow the tenets of other art s- ...