Group exhibition: Machine no. 5 in 'See Through' at Noord Brabants Museum, Den Bosch

Tajiri's Machine no. 5, 1966 is part of the permanent exhibition See Through at Het Noord Brabants Museum in 's-Hertogenbosch, NL. This exhibition of highlights shows works that are part of the collection of JK Art Foundation.

Photos by Shakuru Tajiri

In 1964, Tajiri decided to update his Warrior theme and made a series of nine large Machines inspired by Formula 1 racing cars, jet planes and space travel. He meant them to be a protest against the excessive amounts of money spent by governments to wage hot and cold wars. Unfortunately, due to their elegance they were often misinterpreted as glorification of the military.