Fancydance 1989

Here's Tadanori Yokoo's "Fancydance," and wow, what a trip, right? It's all bursting with pinks, yellows, and blues. I can imagine Yokoo in his studio, just piecing this together, layering image upon image, like a DJ remixing tracks. It's like he’s throwing everything at the canvas, or maybe it's a poster – faces, stripes, even a planet Saturn, all spinning out from the center. I mean, what's not to love? It's bold, it's brash, it's a little bit punk. Yokoo’s got this knack for grabbing your attention and not letting go. He’s definitely in conversation with Warhol, maybe even some of those Pop artists in the UK, but he brings his own Japanese sensibility to it. This piece feels like a shout, a challenge, a dare to look at the world in a completely new way. It’s an invitation to get lost in the chaos and find some kind of weird, beautiful order.