Chiaroscuro creates a profound depth on this piece, which keeps the eye transferring across the portray. But it’s her enigmatic smile that magnetizes the viewer, together with the mystery of what is behind that well-known smile. His work is typified on this triptych, combining the artist’s signature avatar Mr. DOB, who sits centrally poised and tragically laughing. 727 is a reference to the Boeing American airplanes that flew over Murakami’s childhood home while heading to U.S. army bases, a direct nod to the united states presence in post-WWII Japan that he often revisits in his art.
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