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..Ishida came of age as a painter during Japan’s “lost decade,” a time of nationwide economic recession that lasted through the 1990s...
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Gagosian Gallery, Hong Kong
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..Across a short ten-year career, Ishida produced a formidable body of work centered on isolation and alienation in a world dominated by uncontrollable forces, where recurring images of school children and...
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Wrightwood 659
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..Across a short ten-year career, Ishida produced a formidable body of work centred on isolation and alienation in a world dominated by uncontrollable forces, where recurring images of school children and...
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Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
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..Ishida blended dreamlike realities with everyday life and melancholy isolation with bizarre wit, producing a body of work that triggers strong emotions but actively resists easy explanation...
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Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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.. Ishida noted being drawn to artists who “feel the pain of all mankind” and who “truly believe that the world is saved a little with each brushstroke.” Ishida’s desire to use humor as a way of dissipating...
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Asian Art Museum of San Francisco