K. ITOI'S TOKYO ARTHOLICS

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Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007



Rejecting kawaii culture: New York-based Momoyo Torimitsu refuses to lump herself in with artists inspired by anime

By KAY ITOI

Momoyo Torimitsu (b. 1967) is a little tired of being remembered for Jiro Miyata, a life-size robot she created based on a middle-aged salaryman in 1994. But who could forget? Miyata, which Torimitsu had crawl around the streets of Tokyo, Paris, New York and other cities, so brilliantly embodied the hard working, misunderstood, badly dressed everyman of Japan's post-bubble era. But the artist has since moved on.....

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