In Okinawa, a showcase for Japanese art brut

Arts

Exhibition captures the creative spirit of a genre that has come into its own

“China Eastern Airlines (2),” by Hiroya Uezato, is one of the many eye-catching works on display in “Creative Adventures by 45 Japanese Art Brut Creators,” being held through May 10 at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum in Naha. (Photo by Edward M. Gomez)

NAHA, Japan — A wave of colorful, unusual artistic expressions has washed across Naha, the capital of Japan’s Okinawa prefecture, and landed in the form of a large, stylistically wide-ranging exhibition at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum, an institution that is both a general interest museum and a venue for art exhibitions.