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Salaryman

This fully hand painted paste-up is based on the concept of a “salary­man”. In Japan­ese pop­u­lar cul­ture, he is a white-col­lar work­er who shows over­rid­ing loy­alty and com­mit­ment to the cor­por­a­tion where he works to the point where he has to par­ti­cip­ate in after-work leis­ure activ­it­ies such as drink­ing. Some­times until they are totally drunk in the streets.
2023.
Tokyo.
Acrylic paint on Kraft paper.

This work shows the excess of social pres­sure you can find in vari­ous soci­et­ies around the globe and is par­tic­u­larly rel­ev­ant in Japan.