Tetsuya Ishida "Canvases of Sadness"

Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art

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Tetsuya Ishida

Tetsuya Ishida was born in 1973, studied as a high school student in Shizuoka and went to Musashino Art University, following which he made his artistic debut in Tokyo. In May 2005 he was in a car accident on a railroad crossing in the Machida area and was killed. Following NHK's introduction of his work on its program "Nichiyo Bijutsukan", he has become a very popular with people. Ishida's paintings are filled with experiences from his life, but they retain a sense of unreality to them. However, his self-portraits also come across as a bitter critique of the importance of individual human rights, problems with education, and controlled nature of Japanese society. In a contemporary Japan that suffers from youth crime and murders of elementary school children, Ishida's paintings take these problems and give expression to them on the canvas: a reflection of the "pain and sadness" that lurks in contemporary people.

Special Lecture: "The views of and upon Tetsuya Ishida"
August 5th (Sun), 14:00-16:00
Lecturer: Yuji Yamashita, (Meiji University professor, art critic)

[Image]: "Untitled" 2003, 45.5c53cm acrylic on canvas, personal collection

Schedule

Jul 24 (Tue) 2007-Aug 19 (Sun) 2007

Opening Hours Information

Hours	10:00-17:30
Closed	Monday Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day. Closed during the New Year holidays.

Fee

Free

Venue

Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
http://www.spmoa.shizuoka.shizuoka.jp/en/guide/

Location

53-2 Yada, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 422-8002

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Access

15 minute walk from the South exit of Kenritsu Bijutsukanmae Station on the Shizuoka–Shimizu Line; From the South exit of Kusanagi Station on the JR Tokaido line, take the Shizutetsu bus and get off at Kenritsu Bijutsukanmae. The venue is 2 minute walk from there.

Phone

054-263-5755

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