#such as war profiteers in his untitled painting below.

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On Kawara (1932-2014)

On Kawara, a Japanese born artist based in New York, became a household name after gaining sensational response from his contemporaries for his graphic images. He came to stand for the new generation of social realism which was determined to confront the reality of Japan’s postwar society with a vision unclouded by the older generations' nostalgia for the prewar past. 

The Bathroom series, 1953

In these pencil sketches, the bathroom is a distorted, claustrophobic space filled with scenes of murder, dismembered bodies and Matricidal images. The naked bodies of wide-eyed men and women are cut into pieces with various body parts floating inside a neatly tiled bathroom.

It is not difficult to see that Kawara's drawings are associated with the tumultuous state of the Japanese nation during his time. A close examination of the conflict betwen the subject of brutality and the formal strategy of indifference (the subjects seem indifferent to their their own murder) allows us to infer that the disrupted representation of Kawara's Bathroom series echoes the psychological effect of the nuclear explosion and its social aftermath. Some images can be seen below.

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THE UNTITLED DEADPOOL SEQUEL Teaser Trailer: Bob Ross Gets 'Wet on Wet'

In a week when fans are getting both a live-action Justice League movie and a brand new The Punisher Marvel series on Netflix…things just got even better…

In February of 2016, Fox reignited their entire X-Men franchise with Tim Miller’s unexpected superhero satire, Deadpool. The self-aware action-comedy also stretched the limits of what is deemed as acceptable (and profitable) in the comic book genre, with a no holds barred approach that garnered the film an unapologetic R-rating. 

Ryan Reynolds established himself as the Merc with a Mouth, while spearheading a marketing campaign that took the world by storm. Whether it was the hilarious announcement of the film’s R-rating or Deadpool trick or treating with kids on Halloween, the actor never missed an opportunity for laughter. The marketing worked as the movie secured the largest R-rating opening in movie history and since that moment fans have been salivating for the follow up.

Today, Fox released the first trailer for the sequel to Deadpool. Interestingly enough, the movie is titled The Untitled Deadpool Sequel, on the official website…so we are going to roll with it. The first look at upcoming flick features Deadpool in full Bob Ross cosplay giving a painting tutorial, while saying things that only he could get away with. It then jarringly cuts to a brief sizzle reel of the action that we can expect from next year’s release before returning to the Merc with an Afro. 

The sequel features many returning faces including his girlfriend Vanessa (Morena Boccarin), Colossus, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Weasel (T.J. Miller), Domino (Zazie Beats), and the long awaited cinematic debut of Cable, played by Avengers: Infinity War’s Josh Brolin. The movie is one of the most anticipated releases in 2018 and even this brief look assures us that the sequel is in good hands with director David Leitch. With the film’s release pending release next summer, we can expect a lot more over the coming months as the campaign has officially begun. In the meantime…have a laugh. 

Official Synopsis:

After surviving a near fatal bovine attack, a disfigured cafeteria chef (Wade Wilson) struggles to fulfill his dream of becoming Mayberry’s hottest bartender while also learning to cope with his lost sense of taste. Searching to regain his spice for life, as well as a flux capacitor, Wade must battle ninjas, the yakuza, and a pack of sexually aggressive canines, as he journeys around the world to discover the importance of family, friendship, and flavor – finding a new taste for adventure and earning the coveted coffee mug title of World’s Best Lover.

The Untitled Deadpool Sequel opens on June 1st, 2018.

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ISHII SHIGEO (1933-1962)

Ishii Shigeo became a reportage painter by exploring his country’s uneasy subconscious. Though he studied classical painting as a teenager, he developed a distinct style of social critique in his oil paintings through his association with Ikeda Tatsuo, Nakamura Hiroshi, and other reportage and avant-garde painters. He died at age 28, leaving a lot of his work neglected.

"The force driving any individual attempting to create a work of art in our modern world must be his desire to revolt against the inhumane mechanism of his society in order to transform it. Without that craving it is impossible to create art."

Shigeo's dominate works fall under a series of over 15 paintings, collectively named as "Violence" by him; The series include, “The Room,” “Floating Skulls,” “Pleasure" and so on.

His intention was to map the basic contradictions of postwar Japan—the humiliation of occupation, collusion in a neighboring war, political entrapment, and social inequality, though some of the works are highly allegorical.

Some of his works are shown below.

"The Decoy"

The unattractive head depicts Kishi Nobusuke, who became prime minister in 1957 and negotiated the renewal of the security treaty in 1960. Kishi was imprisoned as an accused war criminal between 1945 and 1948, but never brought to trial.

In several works, Ishii set his sights on specific targets, such as war profiteers in his untitled painting below.