Peek Inside: Serious Look at ACT

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I realized that one reason why I was slow in posting photographs of the Narrative Abstract Art show was that I was busy pondering many questions that I have about the place and the way they run things. Some of my opinions might not be popular ones, but I tried to be fair. I debated whether or not I should change names but I decided not to do so. Why? The place has potential and shows signs of willingness to learn and grow. I used specific names but I think these points could probably be applied to many galleries in Tokyo.

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Rokudenashiko: A Good-for-Nothing Girl

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Good Sad news! Megumi Igarashi, also known as Rokudenashiko or the “Good-for-Nothing Girl” but more commonly as the “Vagina artist”, was acquitted convicted of the obscenity charges related to the distribution of the data files from a 3D printer used to make a kayak that was a 3D cast of her genitals. (You can tell by the strikethroughs what I thought the verdict should have been.)

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