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His work is typified in 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 residence whereas heading to U.S. navy bases, a direct nod to the U.S. presence in post-WWII Japan that he often revisits in his art. Through this type of work, he crafts a subtle critique of Japan’s contemporary consciousness as nicely as the West’s intruding influence upon it.
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