Free trip to slightly alternate universe provided via art

June 24, 2018 3:12 AM

Yamaguchi Akira makes art that takes everyday aspects of Japanese modernity (department stores, highway intersections, telephone poles...) and makes them half medieval and half science fantasy, without losing their everydayness. The art is also really beautiful. (I would give anything to ride on one of his subway trains; he's also done the New York subway among his illustrations to Donald Keene's autobiography, sadly not findable online as far as I can tell.)
posted by huimangm (5 comments total)

This is right up my alley, thanks for sharing!

Might want to make that last link this instead for future MeFites
posted by JauntyFedora at 3:33 AM on June 24, 2018 [2 favorites]

This is great!
posted by Don.Kinsayder at 7:55 AM on June 24, 2018 [1 favorite]

Also reminiscent of Escher.
posted by Nancy Lebovitz at 9:14 AM on June 24, 2018 [1 favorite]

Glad you liked it! I always think the big paintings would make a wonderful basis for a novel or SF anthology. (JauntyFedora, thank you for the better link; if there is a mod around who would be so kind as to swap it out, that would be great.)
posted by huimangm at 8:13 AM on June 25, 2018

I found a larger pic of the Oyamazaki interchange.
posted by kurumi at 8:55 AM on June 25, 2018 [1 favorite]