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無題Untitled 簽名畫背：Mr. 2011 Signed on the reverse Mr. and dated 2011 2011年3月11日，東日本大震災和隨後發生的核事故，對藝術家Mr.來說都是一種震撼和靈感。同年創作的《Untitled》日文寫道：やりいつ！（何時去做）。Mr.通過少女「萌」的情感來進行更加豐富和深入的表達，畫中身著水手服的女孩子，做出元氣滿滿，為生活打氣的姿勢。可見Mr.是在以藝術創作為一種治療，讓人們從困境中恢復過來。老式而傳統具有漫畫感的塗鴉方式，把動漫這大眾藝術形式推上更高層次，作品深具影響力，吸引到不少追隨者。Mr. 用筆下似帶有動漫風格的女孩，來迎合更多人的懷舊心態來欣賞其作品。儘管作品無法簡化為單一情感，但更準確的說，是作品勾起觀者共同情懷裡的懷舊感覺。正是憑藉著卡通女孩大眼睛中的彩色世界，Mr.的作品顯得趣味十足，無憂無慮， 絢麗的色彩混合著各種可治癒的元素，在主人公身邊盛開，宛如年少時期應援團的寄語寫字板給予人溫暖和鼓勵。 當今被譽為日本禦宅族藝術家的Mr.認為：「暫時放下現有生活，回歸至小時候覺得自己甚麼都可以做到的感覺，從而覺得自己擁有了一絲快樂。我認為禦宅族正是以這個方式生活的人群。」雖然Mr.的藝術一開始常常顯得很好玩，甚至很歡快，但其明亮的表像表達了更黑暗的主題，表達了焦慮。在這裡看到的作品提供了他對創傷的個人和藝術反應，無論是自然災害，戰爭，心理焦慮，或社會焦慮，並表現出對這種逆境的蔑視。 On March 11, 2011, East Japan Great Earthquake and the nuclear accident came right after were a total shock yet nevertheless an inspiration for Mr. His work“Untitled” created in the same year wrote in Japanese:やりいつ! (When to do it). Through the young girl’s“Moe” emotion to express further in-depth and more abundantly. The girl wearing sailor suit in the painting makes such a posture that is full of vitality and cheering for life. It can be seen that Mr. is making use of his artistic creation as a kind of treatment to help people recover from hardship. The seemingly old-fashioned and traditional way of graffiti with a sense of comics has promoted the popular art form of animation to a much higher level. His works are deeply influential and attract many followers. His character of young girl with animestyle helps to cater the nostalgic mentality of viewers to enjoy his works. Although the work cannot be simplified into a singular emotion, it is more accurate to say that the work evokes the feeling of nostalgia among the common feelings of viewers. Exactly because of the colorful world in the big eyes of these cartoon girls, his works therefore have so much fun and carefree, magnificently brilliant colors mixed with numerous healing elements blooming around the protagonist, just like the kind and sincere messages received from the support group during adolescence, which filled people with so much warmth and encouragement. Mr., known as the Japanese Otaku artist, believes“Temporarily put aside the current life and return tothe feeling that I can do everything, which experienced when one was a child, and thus feeling a sense of happiness. I reckon Otaku are exactly the people who live in this way.” Though his art often appears fun and even cheerful at first, his bright appearance exhibits darker themes and conveys anxiety. This painting presents his personal and artistic response to trauma, regardless natural disasters, wars, psychological anxiety, or social anxiety, and shows his contemptuous for adversity.
