What is it like being a woman painter, or just a painter, in Japan?
Kumiko: First of all, I feel lucky to be a women artist in the postmodern era because of the acceptance of women artists in the art world, which is now equal to male artists, a trend since postmodernism started. Modernism was still kind of a masculine world that women artist were not equally accepted into. Being a painter in Japan is hard for artist like me. Not as woman painter, but simply as a painter. People in Japan judge an artist by her/his background where she/he has studied and who the teacher was rather than your unique talent. If you graduated from a famous Art University and your teacher was well known in the Japanese art world, then you can be successful as an artist in Japan even if you dont have talent. I have heard about some talented artists who were rejected for the submission for the annual art competition due to that she/he didnt have enough of a background. However, those artists were became well known in other countries like US or Germany. Also, there is certain po
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