Takeshi Kitano is a man of many tal­ents. Best known for his work in film (such as appear­ing the cult clas­sic Bat­tle Royale), he is also a come­dian, screen­writer, poet, and painter. He’s had an exten­sive career in the field of enter­tain­ment, but has also gained noto­ri­ety in the arts world as well.

Takeshi’s work is exu­ber­ant and some­what gra­tu­itous. It really hear­kens to the nature of the enter­tain­ment indus­try, being loud, col­or­ful, and pic­to­r­ial. In some form, it includes the fig­ure with an inten­sity in his col­ors schemes that can be nau­se­at­ing at times. His work is a bit weird — some­what min­i­mal­is­tic with a tinge of odd­ity to every painting.

All images via the Guardian Art Beat.