HIDENORI ISHII
12.09.09
While in Art Basel over the weekend I happened upon a number of wonderful new works by young emerging contemporary talents. I’ll be attempting to share them here over the coming weeks. Hidenori Ishii is one such talent. Hidenori moved from Japan to the U.S. at the age 18 to study environmental science, but soon transitioned his focus to fine art. Clockwise from left to right, Anchor State, Dissolved Reflection, 12 p.m., and 12 a.m. All of the above works were produced in 2009.
Friend of the Night - Oil & acrylic on linen - 46 x 72 in. - 2009
In regards to his work, Hidenori says this, “My work suggests integrated psychological and environmental systems that allude to a self-contained biosphere built on a lifetime of collected idiosyncrasies. Following constellations reminiscent of the realization and the submerged mind, I rigidly depict the structure of fantasy.
I believer Painting is where actuality and possibility meet with one’s intention. As a landfill utilizes the progresses of nature over a long period of time, I’m interested in the visual and symbolic dialogue of and between man’s intentions and natures inevitabilities. Using a combination of patterns both from nature and man-made, my paintings suggest transformations, erosions, and constructions of improbable environments. Through its evident execution, my work creates a space where submerged human or natural potentials are rendered visible over time.
This created space, based on a disconnected experience of landscape, operates as an environment where I can search for clarification of self psychological articulation in the face of an ambiguous cultural identity.”
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