About

Eri Ota, a Tokyo-based artist, creates beautiful and flamboyant lithographs as a critique of contemporary Japanese society, where the outdated idea of marriage as the ultimate goal in life is still wide spread.
The long, wavy black hair that often appears in her works represents existing rules and ties, and the brassieres and accessories that tangle around the black hair overlay the image of the Japanese woman who, without question in a male-dominated society, deliberately erases her own will and conforms to men's preferences.
Through her works, Ota is saying that beauty is not about …