Superflat
スーパーフラット / 2000s– / Style / Japanese Postwar Avant-garde
Juxtaposes anime, manga, advertising and traditional painting on one flat plane, questioning the border of high art and consumer culture.
At a glance
Visual cues
- Extreme flatness
- Vivid color
- Repeated characters
- Commercial culture
Best used for
- Exhibitions and merchandise that must carry the same image on equal terms
- Repeating a character until it fills the whole field as ornament
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Dictionary entry
- Type
- Letters share the drawing outline and sit flat without shadow
- Composition
- Abandon perspective, fill the field evenly, show depth only by overlap
- Material
- Even fills, vivid color including fluorescents, a glossy finish
- Caution
- Lining up cute symbols drops the argument that set high art against consumer culture, and all that remains is product illustration.
- Further study
- Takashi Murakami / Hiropon Factory / postwar Japanese visual culture
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