Zombies in the Graveyard (2001)

Internationally acclaimed Japanese artist Chiho Aoshima combines computer-based digital illustration and the stylistic conventions of 18th-century Japanese prints to create distinctive images that are both controversial and beguiling. A central influence on her is the vibrant, disturbing world of Japanese manga cartoons, where enthusiasts are lured into a magical world that is divorced from reality.In Zombies in a Graveyard (2001) Aoshima's cute girls populate a mythical, eerie graveyard. Their elongated, ghost-like figures drift aimlessly, emitting speech bubbles with inane statements. The bizarre contrast of levity and gratuitous violence has clear parallels with contemporary movies such as Quentin Tarantino's infamous Kill Bill 1 which was also inspired by the strange and surreal world of manga.

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