Gallery visitors contemplating the meaning of Cause Is Effect (video installation, 2005) by Koki Tanaka. The installation is one of 35 contemporary art pieces on show at Winter Garden: The Exploration Of Micropop Imagination In Contemporary Japanese Art, which runs until June 22 at University Malaya Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur. Photo: The Star/Ricky Lai
Japanese pop culture is about as foreign a concept around here as winter. But in Winter Garden: The Exploration Of The Micropop Imagination In Contemporary Japanese Art, a touring exhibition that's making a stop in Kuala Lumpur courtesy of the Japan Foundation KL, makes accessible the often misunderstood psyche of the modern Japanese artist.