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he needs for his day's work.

At the moment, he is preparing

a new sculpture

using great amounts

of cardboard

while his wife, Noriko,

works on her own paintings.

As a young man in Tokyo,

he emerged as a leader

in Japan's

avant-garde art movement

with his imitation

of American pop art

and action painting.

The quality

of Ushio Shinohara's art

is, to say the least,

in some doubt,

but it does illustrate

the rather frenetic spirit

of rebellion

among some young people--

and not only in Japan,

throughout the world.

When he arrived

in the United States,

he was at once in the limelight

of the mass media.

It is said Shinohara

is the most famous

of the poor and struggling

artists in New York.

While his works

are exhibited across Japan,

American collectors often say,

"That's a wonderful image

but not my taste,"

so most of Shinohara's pieces

have never sold.

What do you think of my opening?

It hasn't even started yet.

I'm nervous.

- Like, "Will they sell?"

- You don't sell at an opening.

You never know.

I'm tired.

- Why

- Huh?

- I'm tired from preparing for today.

- I'm not tired at all.

Of course, this is your event.

It's not my show,

so I just get frustrated.

Come on, give me a break.

Really, what's most important

is that moment when he created

the painting.

This is a result,

but--and a beautiful result--

but also it's the action,

so that's where--

the energy is in there.

- You've met Ushio.

- Nice to meet you again.

Pleasure seeing you.

This is wonderful.

And he also made this

extraordinary new sculpture.

This is my main work.

- It gets very good mileage.

- Yeah, I'm sure.

I've been doing this for such a long

time. I usually start off with an image.

Oh, I see.

So this is eventually what

I came up with.

So you put some foam

on the top of it, right?

Yeah. I close my eyes and

hit right to left.

Just one minute. That's all.

- In one minute?

- No, no. Two and a half minutes.

Two and a half!

When I was young

I was obsessed by my ideals

and art was my first priority.

Art was Ushio's priority too.

When it came to that,

we completely agreed.

I'd never known anyone in my life

who was so open-hearted.

I began to love him.

I was so filled with inspiration.

I was never worried about the future.

Hello?

Hi, Ethan.

I'm fine. I'm fine.

Ethan, what's up?

Listen, I have small, very, very

charming, two motorcycles for you.

Hold on, please. Noriko is coming...

Noriko!

It's Ethan.

Hold on, please.

She's coming soon.

Hi.

Good morning.

Fine, thank you.

Mm-hmm.

Okay, bye.

Gyu-chan...

Alexandra from the Guggenheim Museum

wants to see a boxing painting.

She wants to come

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