Orb Paintings by Masakatsu Sashie
Part futuristic and nostalgic, part triumphant and tragic, part pop art and architectural Masakatsu Sashie’s tremendous paintings are depictions of decaying civilizations punctuated–and possibly being observed by–giant, self-contained, floating spheres. His work, besides being visually strong, conjures up many a question: is this time after civilization, is this an entirely pessimistic view of our current state (after all, video game machines can’t be that bad), and, most of all, why is a dystopian future so hard to look away from?
More images after the jump.
