The childlike work of Japanese artist Misaki Kawai embraces “heta-uma”, an anime-derived method that risks amateur aesthetics by embracing basic expression. Furry animals, banana chairs and whimsical snake benches make up ‘Love from Mt. Pom Pom’, Kawai’s ongoing exhibition at the Children’s Museum of the Arts in NYC. Kawai employs painting, drawing, sculpture and video in her site-specific…