Hikari Shimoda contemplates the balance of good and evil throughout her body of work. Deceptively youthful at a first glance, her vivid paintings feature childlike characters with split throats, pop culture references and eerie eyes hint at the brutality they have witnessed. I think her art is absolutely amazing. Shimoda’s latest solo show, which features new works as well as a retrospective, opens at Artcomplex Center of Tokyo on January 14.
