| Masami Teraoka
Masami Teraoka's Art Theatre
AIDS Series/Geisha in Bath, 1988.
Watercolor on canvas. 108" x 81" (274.3cm x 205.7 cm).
The social and cultural dramas of today's society motivate me to create paintings. My earlier work focused on my life experiences in America and Japan. More recently I have been inspired to create paintings based on worldwide issues such as sexuality, nudity, erotica, media, religion, privacy, confession, politics, gender, AIDS, race, violence, war, and environmental issues, among other things. My paintings are sometimes humorous or lighthearted, and other times very intense. The saving grace is aesthetic concern--beauty transcends the issues.
Think of my paintings as individual scenes from a drama, play or movie. If my paintings were movies, they might be rated everywhere from G or PG to R to X. Like going to a play, you'll have to decide for yourself if you want to see what is showing. I hope with that in mind, that you will enjoy my art theatre. Thanks for visiting, you are welcome anytime.
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