Exhibit Shines Light On the Work of Artist Tetsuya Ishida
WDCB’s Gary Zidek talks to Teresa Velázquez about the exhibit she curated, TETSUYA ISHIDA: SELF PORTRAIT OF OTHER.
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“These paintings do need a lot of time of the viewer, and if you pay a little bit of attention, you can see a lot.” - Teresa Velázquez, curator of SELF PORTRAIT OF OTHER talking about Ishida’s work.
Teresa Velázquez, head of exhibitions at the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid and the curator of TETSUYA ISHIDA: SELF PORTRAIT OF OTHER, standing in front of RECALLED (Ishida, 1998).
When artist Tetsuya Ishida passed away in 2005, few outside of Japan were familiar with his work. Fourteen years later, the late Japanese artist’s paintings are gaining an international following. A new retrospective of Ishida’s work that originated in Spain just opened at Wrightwood 659 in Chicago. The exhibit is titled TETSUYA ISHIDA: SELF PORTRAIT OF OTHER.
TETSUYA ISHIDA: SELF PORTRAIT OF OTHER on display at Wrightwood 659
The artist’s work is surreal and deeply symbolic, yet incredibly accessible, which might explain why a growing number of people are connecting with his paintings.
CONVENIENCE STORE MOTHER AND CHILD. Ishida, 1996.
RETURN JOURNEY. Ishida, 2003.
