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Pyuupiru is one of the hottest names in Japanese contemporary art. She/He is not only an artist but a phenomenon. In the centre of Pyuupiru’s actions is his/her own body, but his/her art is more than a series of plastic surgeries transforming the male into female. The seductive factors in this art are the topsy-turvy appearances and tensions depriving the viewer of certainty about such seemingly obvious concepts as masculinity and femininity. Pyuupiru designs a gender puzzle through exaggerated manga-like costumes, figures of knitted giants in fluorescent colours or photographic self-portraits, where his/her sex is completely
Pyuupiru is one of the hottest names in Japanese contemporary art. She/He is not only an artist but a phenomenon. In the centre of Pyuupiru’s actions is his/her own body, but his/her art is more than a series of plastic surgeries transforming the male into female. The seductive factors in this art are the topsy-turvy appearances and tensions depriving the viewer of certainty about such seemingly obvious concepts as masculinity and femininity. Pyuupiru designs a gender puzzle through exaggerated manga-like costumes, figures of knitted giants in fluorescent colours or photographic self-portraits, where his/her sex is completely unrecognizable. Pyuupiru is an artist and his medium is man and woman, a celebrity partying at Tokyo night clubs and a shy lost soul at the same time. The director, Daitshi Matsunaga, followed the artist with a camera for eight years; the resultant picture is far different from Pyuupiru’s over-aestheticized and confrontational antics. Pyuupiru’s art is brusque, loud and glaring while Matsunagi’s work is intimate, unobtrusive; it avoids cheap thrills and scandalizing voyeurism.
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