Japanese artist Mr. created his largest piece of work to date recently, and it hangs in the Phoenix Art Museum right now.
It is a massive collage — packed full of countless details, from anime-inspired characters and video game-looking emojis to words in English and Japanese. The longer you look at it, the more you see.
It’s part of Mr.’s solo show at Phoenix Art right now — “You Can Hear the Song of This Town” — and he says it’s intended to capture the intricacies of a human mind in a single instant.
The show was curated by former Phoenix Art Curator Gilbert Vicario, who said he was drawn to the manga-inspired work of Mr. for a lot of reasons — beginning with just how different it is from what we’re used to seeing here in the Southwest. The Show spoke with him more about it.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story and accompanying audio have been modified to correct Gilbert Vicario’s first name.
