Thursday, October 22, 2009
Tetsuya Ishida
Several douban friends recommended Tetsuya Ishida's paintings. I thus came to know this talented Japanese painter who died in 2005 at the age of 31 (probably a suicide). His surreal self portraits remind me so much of Frida Kahlo. His own body is frequently presented as part of a machine or a built object, tragically trapped in the suffocating urban surroundings. Through his desperate gazes, we sense his deep loss of freedom, identity, emotion, nature, childhood joys...
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surreal and disturbing indeed...wow...technique is interesting too. thanks!
your japanese artist friend can probably tell you more about him.
I was just looking at one of his books in a shop,think i'll have to go back and get it.Really amazing pictures..
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