{"id":620,"date":"2006-09-23T18:20:51","date_gmt":"2006-09-23T17:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/?p=620"},"modified":"2012-03-10T15:02:37","modified_gmt":"2012-03-10T15:02:37","slug":"london-underground-decorated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/2006\/09\/london-underground-decorated\/","title":{"rendered":"London Underground Decorated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When passing through some of the London Underground stations, it is all too easy to think that they are extremely unkempt places (which is true for the most part). A rare handful of stations participate in a program encouraging &#8216;Platform Art&#8217; aiming to make public transport that much more enjoyable.<\/p>\n<p>The Gloucester Road station is currently exhibiting work painted by Chiho Aoshima, with the entire piece titled &#8216;City Glow &#8211; Mountain Whisper&#8217;. Its bright pictures are painted in what looks like classic Japanese Otaku style, and its apt theme of a cityscape transformed into human-like characters really lightens up the entire station. <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/CloucesterRoad.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image619\" src=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/CloucesterRoadSmall.jpg\" alt=\"Chiho Aoshima - City Glow - Mountain Whisper\"  \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>You can read more about the exhibition on the Transport for London website here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When passing through some of the London Underground stations, it is all too easy to think that they are extremely unkempt places (which is true for the most part). A rare handful of stations participate in a program encouraging &#8216;Platform Art&#8217; aiming to make public transport that much more enjoyable. 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