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The living room of rapper TaiTan's home has a high ceiling and a comfortable space where white walls and wooden fixtures harmonize. The built-in bookshelf has a display shelf where the couple displays their favorite things. The soft vinyl toy gazing at us with its round gaze is a work by Saeborg. It was the first piece of art TaiTan had ever purchased.
Saeborg
Saeborg's Saepoke are displayed on a shelf in the middle of the bookshelf in the living room. Although they are art, they are not ostentatiously displayed or placed in a box, but are placed quietly among the books and figurines. 
Born in Toyama Prefecture in 1981. An artist who performs wearing his own homemade latex costumes. His soft vinyl works that resemble his costumes are popular. Photo: ZIGEN
"It's a work by an artist who works in the performing arts. I like vivid textures, and this one has a wonderful texture. There's no limit to the amount of soft vinyl monsters and American comics you can collect, but even one of an artist's work has enough presence." He hesitated and went home, but then changed his mind. "I'm also a musician, so I try to buy as many works as possible from artists I like. This will lead to the artist's next activities and give back to them."
Propped up on the table is a framed religious-like painting with two meaningful eyes. It's a work by the owner and artist Kobayashi Makoto, purchased at Out of Museum in Hanegi. "I didn't know he was an artist, but I bought it because I liked the visuals," says TaiTan, who seems to have a penchant for slightly sinister works. The art he selected with his discerning eye adds an exotic spice to the gently lit space.
Makoto Kobayashi
Kobayashi Makoto's collage work is an enlarged copy of an old postcard he bought at a flea market in Paris, onto which he pasted a picture of an eye that John Lennon had once drawn, and then enlarged it again and reproduced it at a printing company. 
Makoto Kobayashi grew up surrounded by the Yatsugatake mountain range and the Southern Alps, surrounded by insects and plants. At his studio and gallery, Out of Museum, in Hanegi, Tokyo, he displays his own works alongside his collections from around the world. The photo shows a white three-dimensional object made of paper clay coated with resin.
