Saatchi Online Artist: Masami Teraoka; Oil, Painting "The Cloisters/Birth of Venus, 2002 - 05, oil on canvas in gold leaf frame, 90 x 94 in. Courtesy of Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA"

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Masami Teraoka

HI, United States

Social cultural issue in current and historical context is the core of my work. I have created many series such as McDonald's Hamburgers Invading Japan, 31 Flavors Invading Japan, Pollution and...

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The Cloisters/Birth of Venus investigates Catholic clergy's sex abuse and hypocrisy - celibacy in the context of spiritual chaos in the United States. The artist and his partner are looking into the complex cultural disaster and dilemma while depicting iconic Venus. Venus holding infamous blue dress which looks like Monica Lewinski's blue dress who had an affair with Bill Clinton former president of the United States.

Posted November 1, 2010
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Keywords
destruction, ethics, hypocrisy, icon, sexuality

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Roger Reutimann Love your subject choice and interpretation of it. Funny that we picked similar source of inspirations.
June 8, 2011 at 4:33 pm
James R Gill Great work Masami. Never stop!
September 18, 2011 at 5:18 am
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