Tsukuda Yū | Illustration after "butter stink" – "Who was Takaya Sugoroku? Hirosugiyama and Takaya Sugoroku Exhibition" / Part 2
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The article examines how Hirosugiyama’s exhibition links 1980s kitsch culture with 1990s sampling, tracing the evolution of illustration beyond the "butter stink" era.Summary
In the second part, the article examines how Hirosugiyama’s exhibition links 1980s kitsch culture with 1990s sampling, tracing the evolution of illustration beyond the "butter stink" era. The author notes that Hirosugiyama’s work, drawing on American comics’ peeling and wall‑painting imagery, expands and sharpens the sense of "oldness" pioneered in 1980s illustration. He further argues that Takaya’s pieces resonate with 1990s sampling, citation, and editing, connecting Hirosugiyama’s surreal style with early works by Shirane Yutampo and Motohisa Hitoshi, positioning him as a key conduit for understanding late‑20th‑century Japanese illustration.
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