The term ‘staring contest’ sounds quite lighthearted, but for Taro Okamoto, to stare into the eyes of another was a most serious and symbolic act, an interchange life. It can be described as a sort of ceremony.
He produced many paintings like this.
Some of them are serious, some are jocular, some erotic, as life gazes into life.
The broad, deep limitless world spread out before them causes the viewer to shudder.