Masako Asaba is an artist who expresses her love for iconic Shunga oeuvres of Kuniyoshi, Harunobu, and especially for Utamaro’s Utamakura/Pillow book series through colorful Pop Art Porn: Bedroom Paintings of the American Artist Tom Wesselmann, Max Ernst's Famous Collage Novel, and sculpture. His colorful works, influenced by fauvism and abstractionism, are great examples of the pop art genre. She also incorporates her favorite masterpieces into the modern environment, resurrecting the abandoned erotic genre as an element of fashion and interior design. Entranced by the beautiful courtesans of the Edo period, Asaba wants to "connect the traditional Edo women with the modern post-Meiji women" to ensure the continuity of cultural achievements of local masters.
Fig. 1. Masako Asaba at the exhibition in February 2023 (j-spirit-blg.jugem.jp)
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Fig. 3. Homage to the Utamakura series by Utamaro (Instagram.com)
Fig. 4. Lovers (masakoasaba.com)
Fig. 5. Lucky cat (masakoasaba.com)
Fig. 6. Lucky cat (masakoasaba.com)
