I really liked this one out of all Murakami's works becuase the unique sense of movement that takes place in the image. Like many of his images it is a warped and distorted adaptation of the character DOB. In this photo there is an obvious sense of motion but it looks as though the movement is portrayed. That is the mass of twisted DOB faces is growing upwards. But I don't really agree with this. There is movement. The spiral of who knows what (does look similar to that of A Lonesome Cowboy) that surrounds the mass of faces suggests this. But it also gives me the sense that there is no growth and rather there was an initial ball or mass of these faces and is now being stretched and pulled upwards. Spiraling upwards as the white substance suggests. Like if you were to take dough and twist and stretch it in the same movement except the mass of faces is doing it consciously and on its own. It appears as if the mass is not only stretching upwards but forwards, into the audiences face. Murakami really depicts a twisted image he is really known for but now also in a literal sense.
I also see a swirling/swaying movement by the way the spirals and how the multi DOB faces are portrayed in a zigzag form. The faces of DOB are mostly scary because of its large, jagged teeth and multiple eyes. Even though the faces don't look like the typical friendly and cute version DOB, it is still kawaii with the addition of the remaining parts of the picture. The roundedness of small colorful bubble within bigger blue bubbles balances the picture.
ReplyDeleteThis picture is so unique. This DOB has many faces and I admit that some of them are cute but most of them are scary and crazy. Murakami did good job of showing the movement on the picture. DOB looks like he is in the process of evolution.
ReplyDeleteGood job on your analyze!