Tokyo artist Chiho Aoshima has a large lobby mural at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. Apparently the work's name was changed from "The Divine Fart" to "The Divine Gas" but the idea still comes through.



The Divine Gas, Aoshima's work for the ICA, depicts a giant girl lying in a lush landscape. The setting seems idyllic and serene-butterflies flutter, a deer nestles near her foot, a couple frolics hand-in-hand. Meanwhile, a billowing cloudscape, lorded over by a genie creature, emerges from her bottom.


ICA's grand opening press release.
Aoshima's superflat art collective Kaikai Kiki.