The image above is from the anime Paranoia Agent, created by Satoshi Kon. Anime is a form of postmodern art that branches off from Western cartoons in the early 1940s. Anime has evolved from modern art to the contemporary form it is now. In the image, it shows one of the characters, Keiichi Ikari, standing atop a tower in the foreground of a mushroom cloud. Ikari's outstretched arms and grin on his face show his stability over the terrifying explosion behind him. The mushroom cloud represents the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 1945.
The image above shows layering because of the actual image of a mushroom cloud behind the artist's work. It also shows representin' by the representation of the madness of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, and how some people actually managed to withstand its devastating effects.
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