Tetsuya ishida quotes about family

Tetsuya Ishida
Saving the World with a Brushstroke
Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
14 November 2014 – 22 February 2015

Saving the World with a Brushstroke, the most recent special exhibition at the Asian Art Museum, is an introspective body of work by Japanese artist Tetsuya Ishida (1978–2005).

Tetsuya ishida quotes about family

Ishida used his paintings as a cathartic expression of his darker emotions and believed, as evidenced by the title, that making and looking at art served an important social function that could elevate and transform lives.

While the dark, dreamlike quality of his work gives the viewer insight to the emotional trouble Ishida faced throughout his short life, he often insisted to friends and family that he was happiest in his studio painting.

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