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Melancholic Magical Maiden deconstructs the aesthetics of the 'magical girl' genre from 90's anime, where girls who possess magical abilities typically use them through an ideal alter ego into which they can transform. Emi Kusano reexamines these archetypal heroines, critically analyzing their impact on shaping gender and societal perceptions, and offers a contemporary reinterpretation of these narratives.
Kusano's artwork reveals the duality of magic and reality, mirroring her childhood memories with magical girls. Utilizing a palette of subtle colors and nuanced text, she objectively ...
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About the artist
Emi Kusano
b. 1990 Tokyo, Japan Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan
Emi Kusano employs AI to merge past and future aesthetics, challenging perceptions of art and technology. She began her artistic journey as a street photographer in the streets of Harajuku, but her work is multi-disciplinary, exploring the intersections of retro-futurism and modern technologic...
