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| Artist: | Junko Mizuno |
| Exhibition: | GOKURAKU : Paradise by Katsuya Terada, Rockin'Jelly Bean, Junko Mizuno |
| Art Width: | 14.0" (35.56 cm) |
| Art Height: | 18.0" (45.72 cm) |
| Frame Width: | 24.0" (60.96 cm) |
| Frame Height: | 20.0" (50.8 cm) |
| Medium: | Acrylic on aquabord |
| Features: |
Framed
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| Year: | 2025 |
This piece — along with Jellybean’s “激突! Midnight Navigator” — was inspired by Japan’s fascinating
culture of elaborately decorated trucks, known as Dekotora, which have been around since the 1970s.
You can read more about them here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekotora
And if you do an image search for “dekotora,” you’ll see tons of amazing trucks!
They’ve become so iconic that one even appeared in the Tokyo Paralympics opening ceremony:
https://youtu.be/POfygLWysaw?feature=shared
Even Beyoncé was photographed and filmed riding one during a promotional campaign in Japan:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C6Fd7kzxoY2/
I’ve always wanted to create a series of my own decorated truck paintings.
Last year, I made my first one for a group show in Amsterdam:
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10232330047936671&set=a.3579274123367
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