Yotaro Fuda “Cats and Topology”
I visited the solo exhibition of Yotaro Fuda, a Tokyo University of the Arts graduate. The venue is “Bambinart Gallery” inside Arts Chiyoda 3331.
Yotaro Fuda is an artist in whose works “cats” often appear as motifs, but they are not works depicting the catchy, cute cats you often see.
He conceptualizes his motifs and distills them into works; the motifs are abstracted and turned into signs, giving the impression of an artist whose works often pose questions to the viewer. The DM work below will likely require time to decipher too.
Upper right: Yotaro Fuda 《青》 2017 oil on canvas 24.2×33.4cm (F4)
Most of the exhibited works are cat works, but only the “Swimmy” work in the photo above has no cat appearing.
Perhaps it’s a stance of distancing himself from his attachment to cats.
《くろ-くろ-くろ-》 seems to be a work of a crow flying in the sky seen from below.
The matière is distinctive, and I couldn’t help taking a close-up.
Speaking of artists who incorporate cats into their works, Morikazu Kumagai comes to mind, but the cats Fuda paints give the impression of being taken in as just one object—an entirely different approach, I felt.
