Tetsuya Ishida – dark depictions of Japanese life
1 Aug
This is more on the *fine art* side of things than illustration, but Tetsuya Ishida’s work does have a kind of editorial quality to it. I randomly came across Ishida’s work a week ago while doing some research, and I haven’t stopped thinking about it. It just seems to represent visually, everything I’ve heard or read about the life of Japanese office job workers. And I guess with the speculations of his death being suicide, adds to this. Apparently the character in each painting was himself. A real shame.
Lots more images beyond the cut – 35 in total.
RIP Tetsuya Ishida
Love this work……it reminds me so much of George Tooker! Fantastic!