Cartoons from an aluminum grid. Unusual sculptures by Yuko Hishiyama

Perhaps the most unusual caricatures in the world are created by Japanese sculptor Yuko Hishiyama. He does not draw, but creates, because in her work there is no place for two-dimensional works. It recognizes only three-dimensional, large-scale sculptures, for which it uses such a peculiar material as an aluminum grid, a light, durable, flexible canvas. Mesh People is the art project of a talented Japanese woman.



In the sculptures of Yuko Hishiyama - real emotions of people, albeit caricature, in ridiculous poses, with disproportionate body parts and stupid facial expressions. As well as scenes from everyday life, albeit slightly exaggerated, but still quite real. After graduating from the University of Art and Music in Tokyo, but living and working in the United States, Yuko Hishiyama, like other Asian artists who emigrated to the West, tries to combine Eastern and Western culture in his works. The results of these attempts can be seen on the faces of her cartoon characters, with slanted eastern eyes and typical European jaws.

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By the way, Yuko Hishiyama originally worked with stone, and her sculptures were heavy, powerful, clumsy sculptures, the transportation of which gave the author a lot of problems. Moving from Tokyo to Pennsylvania, the sculptor gave up “stone” creativity and completely switched to aluminum mesh. Working with this thin and flexible canvas is a pleasure, especially after a tiring experience. And despite the fact that today the cartoon characters of Yuko Hishiyama are still people of impressive size, they have become so light, graceful, almost weightless, like silver balloons.

Cartoon sculptures made of aluminum mesh from the art project Mesh People travel the world after their author, and appear in exhibitions in many galleries of modern art. In particular, in the Israeli Haifa Museum of Art, the Japanese Tikotin museum of japanese art, Hermann struck museum and others.

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