Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on November 2012
Along with Murakami, Kusama and Nara, Makoto Aida is one of a few Japanese artists to reach the highest echelons of contemporary art—yet he’s never had a proper one-man museum show. The Mori looks to correct the oversight with “Makoto Aida: Monument to Nothing,” a vast exhibition of paintings, prints and screens that covers his career from the early ’90s to the present. The story that emerges is one that lays bare many of the taboos and contradictions of Japanese society, ranging from Japan-US history to economics, manga, salarymen, kawaii girls and pop culture.
