Makoto aida paintings of nature

Makoto Aida, “Ash Color Mountains,” Acrylic on canvas, x cm....

About the Exhibition

Picture of Waterfall
2007-10
Collection: The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Courtesy: Mizuma Art Gallery

A Picture of an Air Raid on New York City（War Picture Returns）
1996
CG of Zero fighters created by Matsuhashi Mutsuo
TAKAHASHI Collection, Tokyo
Courtesy: Mizuma Art Gallery

AZEMICHI （a path between rice fields）
1991
Collection: Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi
Courtesy: Mizuma Art Gallery

AIDA MAKOTO, UNVEILED GENIUS IN CHAOS！

Aida Makoto is one of the most noted contemporary artists in Japan today.

Makoto Aida is a contemporary Japanese artist known for his provocative works spanning a range of media.

Makoto Aida's work was on view in the exhibition “Monument for Nothing” at the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, from November 17, , to March 31,

Makoto Aida, “Ash Color Mountains,” Acrylic on canvas, x cm.

From performances and installation art to sculpture, painting, and prints, Makoto Aida's artworks examine Japan's complex history and social norms alongside.

From paintings, over photography and moving pictures to sculptures, he often portrays grotesque scenes, that almost always spark controversy.

Though grotesque and erotic in style, Aida's work displays an incisive critical faculty when it comes to political and historical issues.
And, while projecting modern Japanese society, he simultaneously draws heavily on traditional artworks and modes of expression.

It is also true, however, that surveying Aida's oeuvre, that very ambiguity starts to resemble a miniature version of Japanese society. This exhibition, Aida Makoto's firs