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=== Shōjo ===
Chiho's heavy use of feminine figures with big eyes, small facial features, thin bodies makes the [[shōjo]]'s, a young woman approximately 7–18 years old,<ref name="Daijisen">[[Shogakukan]] Daijisen Editorial Staff (1998), {{nihongo|''Daijisen''|大辞泉}} (Dictionary of the Japanese language), Revised Edition. Tokyo: [[Shogakukan]]. {{ISBN |978-4-09-501212-4}}.</ref> body cute but sometimes ugly, scary, and funny. The physical transgressions and unpleasant presentations challenge what is cute and beautiful about the objectified shōjo, and Aoshima makes this point via a flowery, cute shōjo aesthetic.<ref name=":03"/>
 
Aoshima takes the motherly and worldly form of the feminine figure and transforms the childlike atmospheres into grotesque scenes. She keeps just enough of the classic shōjo aesthetic to remain cute and docile but distorts it into another otherworldly, monstrous, theme.<ref name=":13"/>
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* [http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/features/fallon/fallon10-6-04.asp#5 Article, with photograph]
* [http://www.itravelnet.com/photography/europe/uk/london/cgmwphotogallery.html City Glow, Mountain Whisper] Photo gallery of Gloucester Road underground station exhibit.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140112202452/http://www.gwern.net/docs/2005-little-boy#chiho-aoshima "Chiho Aoshime"], ''Little Boy'' (2005, ed. [[Takashi Murakami]] {{ISBN |0300102852}})
*http://www.artspace.com/chiho_aoshima Biography on life
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