Asian fusion erotica is food for thought...
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Toshio Saeki is billed as ‘The Master of Japanese Erotica’, and who are we to argue? Well to be honest there’s not much in the way of eroticism that I can see, but it might just be me.
Horses for courses and all that. Where others see the erotic, this writer sees the grimly humorous, menacing, squeamish, subversive, definitely thought-provoking, if you want to get all deep
about it. But positively anti-erotic from where I’m somewhat nervously standing. Whatever you get from Saeki’s work, it’s undeniably got something. Presenting a very modern take on Shunga
(traditional Japanese erotica) merged with surrealism and comic book art, the 67-year-old uses shocking neon colours to ram home (no pun intended) his at-times-shocking scenes of sexual
deviancy. He’s probably not a favourite of the feminists – the ladies seem to be coming off worst in most scenes – but this exhibition at The Print House Gallery, London, in collaboration
with No Way and Ghostown, will certainly have its admirers. There is original work on sale starting at £80 if you don’t mind scandalising your dinner guests, and the event, featuring
silkscreen, letterpress and original ink pieces, runs until 1st May. _Images © Toshio Saeki, courtesy NO WAY, in association with Ghostown_