Akira Yamaguchi merges contemporary oil painting techniques with the compositional principles of traditional Japanese “Yamato-e.” His work fuses East and West, past and present, the human and the mechanical, resulting in images that are at once novel and breathtaking. With classical painterly perspectives of modern Tokyo and hybrid humanoid-machine figures, Yamaguchi’s precision and command of detail transcend mere exoticism. His art appears in museums as well as on CD covers and book jackets. A magnifying lens is included for close viewing.
