{Artist} Fuyuko Matsui

Some time ago I came across something that startled my senses, made my eyes widen and take a quick breath in. Peering at these pieces for the first time was like what they say happens when an accidents occurs, no matter how hard you try to turn your head away, you just can't help but keep looking. And that's exactly what I couldn't stop doing viewing these pieces of art. Maybe you're thinking this is sick or grotesque, but isn't real life just that at times!?! I like realness with my art, I admire someone who isn't afraid to just put their all in there, no matter what the results or how it may shock others. But, that is art, something to shock the senses and make the viewer think and wonder. There is a world of wonders to find far beyond what I've included here, I hope you will seek her out and enjoy!!


Have a wonderful day dolls!!
Love loves
xo

Narcissism, Insanity and Miscommunication. Madness, self-contradiction, suffering, ghost worlds, discrimination, celebration, death, abjection, the feminine body, the male gaze, nature, distortion of reality…

Fuyuko Matsui (born Jan. 20, 1974) is a female Japanese artist that specialises in Nihonga paintings with a 'grotesque' or supernatural apparance to them. She's been widely exhibited in Japan and in many magazines and tv. She was named 'Nihonga Painting: Six Provocative Artists' at the Yokohama Museum of Art in August 2006. Despite the shocking aspects, her art is part of the tradition of Japanese going back centuries. 

She says, ''Art, despite all its complexities and convolutions, is and always has been simply a mirror of humanity. While one artist expresses hope, another gives voice to fear. While one explores our love of order, another expresses our fascination with chaos; together all these fragments make up something resembling the human psyche. In a way, I'm doing something that viewer can't do for himself. It's like people who occasionally thing about jumping under a train. In my art, I'm actually jumping under the train. That shock - I'm doing it for you'.

This also explains artistic trends and why they never last. An artist trend is, in essence an exaggeration of one element or aspect of the human psyche reflected by art, and, because it is a distortion, its duration is limited. It is a cast iron rule that what is trendy today will wither and fade in the future. This is especially true of Japanese art, which is more trend-driven than anywhere else". (via interview here)

Find more here:

Fuyoko Matsui Art 

Some of her works:

{The Cut Long Experiment}

{Nyctalopia}

{Carved Limbs on the Altar}

{Becoming friends with all the children in the world}

{Scattered Deformities in The End}

{All images are copyrighted to the artists, used for display purposes only. Please do not copy or reproduce without permission from the artist}