COCKROACH (2)

Taro Okamoto.

He is a japanese avant-garde painter and sculptor.

His most famous statement is

'Art is an explosion!!'

I really respect him.

 

Last summer I went to the museum of Taro Okamoto in Tokyo. It was my first time that I looked at his paintings. It was so Amazing and Interesting. I was staring at them for a long time.

After that I just wanted to have a look to his workroom he used to use before that was opened to the public. I was looking some paintings and sculptures around the room. There was a silence and strong energy.

 

At that moment I was speechless.

I found something of a living being. It was a COCKROACH on his art work!!

I didn't know the reason why I was so touched, but I am sure by intuition, 'that is Art. That is his Art. That cockroach is HE!!'

Actually, he passed away in 1996. However I thought he was reborn

to be a cockroach which people often hate and scream when they find it. I understood that is Art.

 

It was sudden. The cockroach FLEW!!

It did such a big jump from his art work to on the floor!!

I was deeply moved.

 

It became my highlight to meet the cockroach last summer.

Done