ABOVE: detail of Shippin-chin (2004) by the Japanese artist “Mr.”, under construction at Takashi Murakami’s factory in Tokyo.

Art Daily publishes a bare-bones account of “Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture,” which is on right now at the Japan Society in New York. The show, curated by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, surveys the ultra-pop aesthetic of post-war Japan, from Hello Kitty to Akira to Godzilla, a movement which has been tagged with the nicely evocative title “post-nuclear sublime.”

The New York Times Magazine on Sunday also published a feature profile of Murakami and the show in a very Japan-heavy issue. Also, they call him Japan’s answer to Andy Warhol. Everyone: enough with the Warhol comparisons, already.

Art Daily - Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture