“You can see it everywhere”.

In just six years time Katsushika Hokusai’s spectacular swell will have loomed large over Japanese art for 200 years. It is the most mass produced image in art history and so predictably has been dismissed by many inside and out of art criticism, as though it’s accessibility and enduring appeal were somehow inverse indicators of it’s significance.

Love it or hate it, it is not going anywhere soon and so here are some words on what it means to me.