Surrealistic paintings by Tetsuya Ishida ~ Pink Tentacle

Surrealistic paintings by Tetsuya Ishida

07 Jun 2010

The surrealistic paintings of Tetsuya Ishida (1973-2005) explore the dark side of modern life.

Painting by Tetsuya Ishida --

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78 Comments

Tom Gantz

2010.06.07 ::: 19:51 #

Wow. Very strange, but you can't take tour eyes off them
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Halski

2010.06.08 ::: 00:32 #

Impressive.
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ocean

2010.06.08 ::: 03:20 #

wow, i just became a fan.
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MarciFree

2010.06.08 ::: 03:21 #

Very powerful, amazingly executed. Stops you in your tracks, makes you think! Thank you for sharing!
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FifthDream

2010.06.08 ::: 06:24 #

I'm pleasantly disturbed (is that possible?) be these images. I really like them. Thanks for posting about them.
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Chris Hausbeck, Sculptor

2010.06.08 ::: 07:04 #

Outstanding and inspiring- sadly, there is to be no new work from tis modern master.
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AdelaideBen

2010.06.08 ::: 07:43 #

That some crazy stuff! Crazy good that is. Very disturbing but in a totally engrossing way. Great post.
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Pete

2010.06.08 ::: 09:45 #

Incredibly beautiful and immersive; with some the vividness creates an odd sense of deja vu.
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gullevek

2010.06.08 ::: 13:52 #

I highly recommend the book from him: 「石田徹也遺作集」ISBN4-7630-0629-0

You can find it amazon: http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E7%9F%B3%E7%94%B0%E5%BE%B9%E4%B9%9F%E9%81%BA%E4%BD%9C%E9%9B%86-%E7%9F%B3%E7%94%B0-%E5%BE%B9%E4%B9%9F/dp/4763006290/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275972675&sr=8-1

Really sad he died so young ... outstanding art. Says more about Japan than all those documentaries and books and what not else were written.
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thom

2010.06.08 ::: 14:24 #

love the dissociation
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Bento_Boxx

2010.06.08 ::: 17:38 #

I found a few of his other work as well upon someone elses blog.
http://recogedor.blogspot.com/2009/02/tetsuya-ishida-ilustraciones.html
I don't what it is, but his style is so moving, yet so sad...
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William

2010.06.08 ::: 18:15 #

These are great! Kind of similar to some of Dali's work in that everything is rendered accurately and realistically, no matter how bizarre. What I like is that everything seems so familiar... bento boxes and mass-produced bathrooms, the schools and the ticket gates. Just fantastic.
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Gael Mallet

2010.06.08 ::: 22:18 #

Realy nice !
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Jenny

2010.06.09 ::: 00:11 #

Oh wow those are creepy.
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Stephen London

2010.06.09 ::: 14:43 #

I'm the fortunate owner of two copies of the Codex Seraphineanus. I'd gladly trade in one of them for Ishida's work in print. Is there a book out yet?
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me.

2010.06.10 ::: 09:31 #

Check out the publisher's website http://www.kyuryudo.co.jp (in Japanese),both books available at Amazon JP.
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Rozarin

2010.06.11 ::: 13:14 #

I think I'm in lurv
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Ryan

2010.06.12 ::: 15:28 #

Eeesh, these really bring out the darker side of Japanese life, or more specifically, the darker side of consumerist/corporate life in Japan's big cities. There really are some poignant points here and I can't take my eyes off the pictures. Great find!
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Jamie

2010.06.13 ::: 23:43 #

So sad to have died so young.
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Anonymous

2010.06.14 ::: 01:11 #

Amazing paintings! They remind me of a salvia trip I once had. I feel like the artist as experienced somethign similar.
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- Anonymous
  
  2010.06.15 ::: 22:47 #
  
  i had this exact thought
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plainpainkillerjane

2010.06.15 ::: 19:07 #

Very 'protest' art. Statement posters against communism/junk food etc etc. Powerful yet disturbing and sad. Very hard-hitting and emotive. Well done............ I think.
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avisioncame

2010.06.19 ::: 00:20 #

Reminds me of Garbage Pail Kids.
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- Darren Mitton
  
  2010.07.25 ::: 04:03 #
  
  ???????????
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krista

2010.06.20 ::: 06:57 #

why is the guy always so sad =/ these make me wanna cry
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jiniton

2010.06.21 ::: 03:00 #

the details are f*cking amazing
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suggins

2010.06.21 ::: 12:35 #

This doesn't even make sense. Art shouldn't be like pin the tail on the donkey, this is just random. Real art is the mona lisa or van gogh
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- Darren Mitton
  
  2010.07.25 ::: 04:06 #
  
  Not random at all - you are just unable to see the symbolism. ...Both the Mona Lisa & Van Gogh were mostly portraits, not true art that makes a statement. The most artistic thing about Van Gogh was his brush-strokes. Check out Francis Bacon or Goya if you need a crash course.
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- Tiffany
  
  2010.09.26 ::: 14:40 #
  
  Actually, these make a lot of sense. I can break down the ideals behind these paintings pretty simply. I believe they are commenting on the materialism of modern society(assuming namely Americans), and how in a sense we have become our possessions.. It goes deeper than that, but in my opinion that's the gist.
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- AoLong
  
  2010.12.04 ::: 18:41 #
  
  You don't know WHAT the FUCK you are talking about. That's what I like about you.
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- jan jansen
  
  2011.03.24 ::: 07:05 #
  
  this is not even an opinion Suggins.... you make me sad
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- myuk
  
  2011.10.13 ::: 20:37 #
  
  very very disappointing suggins
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- Mike
  
  2015.01.10 ::: 04:22 #
  
  Troll alert.
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Vjeko Sumic

2010.06.22 ::: 21:56 #

Excellent! I love his works, great post!
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phil

2010.06.23 ::: 14:00 #

v. provoking , forcing us to face Life , darkness, fine, but , where is the positive side? the Light that guides us thru the Day. Comedy to balance the Tragedy , thanks
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- AoLong
  
  2010.12.04 ::: 18:42 #
  
  I suggest a "positive" side to it... Not sure if it cuts down that evenly or cleanly, but here it is:
  
  Seems more real than reality itself in some way.
  
  Well, I must say it seems to take all of my emotions and sense(s) of self and blend them in some sort of picturesque blender that makes me smell a peculiar smell... a kind of smell that makes me remember a kind of reality I'm "not supposed to remember"... what gets me is how POSITIVE some of the feelings are...
  
  The most positive one for me is the last one, with its bright-sky spaciousness, the way consciousness seems to surround the scene like an invisible velvet blanket, and the way the personification of what looks like a static structure (school) and unpalatable process (being put "through" school) seems made into something somehow transcendentally positive. It is the spirit of the children which enable it.
  
  It is the spirit of the children which enables all the suffering to be endured.
  
  It is their playfulness that pervades objects, enabling them to have lives of their own.
  
  It is their dignity that reveals how the grown-ups have lost theirs, becoming objects and process linkages.
  
  But there is some bright, kool-aid tangerine light that shines over it all... soothing it.
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SteamAnt

2010.06.24 ::: 22:55 #

Very much touching... just a truth of our life. The pleasure of pain is when pictured so much in details. The form of pure beauty, the contents rotten flesh of existence. Reminds me of Bosh, Giger, and Beksinski (http://beksinski.republika.pl/10.htm).
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fardan

2010.06.26 ::: 17:44 #

creative gloomy
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Alexander

2010.07.02 ::: 18:08 #

Absolutely love them, can't get enough - strong social commentary, great messages, well-thought, appropriately developed concepts. Keep it up!!!
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Julija

2010.07.05 ::: 17:20 #

some remind me of a book called Perdido Street Station
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Kayla

2010.07.12 ::: 09:58 #

These are wonderful. I've seen a couple of them before and I saved them, it's nice to find some others because I freaking love this artist
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Randall

2010.07.13 ::: 11:44 #

Quite the imagination, great use for futuristic bathroom fixtures, Or maybe that is how it comes back together when it all comes apart.
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Sarah

2010.07.18 ::: 06:31 #

These are shockingly sad. A life on a conveyer belt. A trapped soul as part of the machine. Thats all we are. Thats all the artist was. This is what he saw everyday until he was hit by a train (possibly suicide) at the age of 32. Along with every other person who kils themselves in the country with the highest suicide rate in the world.

These pictures express the horror they have to escape and they are indeed real art.
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- AoLong
  
  2010.12.04 ::: 18:43 #
  
  Seems you are on to something.
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Darren Mitton

2010.07.25 ::: 04:00 #

Very moving. Speaks a lot about asian cultures pressure to pick a career in your preteens & consumption. And says alot about loss of identity and personal-space in a culture obsessed with practicality also..
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J

2010.07.29 ::: 00:17 #

Something tells me he's afraid of dentists...
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steysse

2010.08.03 ::: 05:07 #

impressionante ... esse ser tem o dom do surrealismo ... fiquei fascinada!
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Hermitbiker

2010.08.12 ::: 11:58 #

.... I like these a lot.... too bad the artist is no longer with us.... but now I am a fan too !!
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Steve Elliott ~alapoet~

2010.08.15 ::: 09:47 #

Powerful!
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Ice

2010.08.21 ::: 15:33 #

this are amazing, it tells so much about modern life entanglement.
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Esteban

2010.09.04 ::: 02:37 #

pura vida!
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Marko

2010.09.24 ::: 04:51 #

Big mistake of who gave this title to this post. "Surrealistic paintings.." Come on, this painter born 30 or 40 years after surrealistic time, when this was already fade. Not even late-surrealistic we can call this screens. Not arguing the merit of this painter -wich seems to be great- but with who "wrote" (or just copy/pasted some images under the "surrealistic" label in a lack of another name) this post.
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- AoLong
  
  2010.12.04 ::: 18:43 #
  
  Seems more real than reality itself in some way... oh wait a minute... that's what "surreal" means... yes.
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- Eyechild
  
  2011.03.24 ::: 01:15 #
  
  But they are very surreal, no?
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Dali

2010.10.03 ::: 08:17 #

I think these paintings capture both the surrealism of the 40's and also the reality of life now - with more graphic violence being portrayed on t.v. and video games. It was bound to happen....great stuff...love the phone booth one.
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jaded

2010.10.03 ::: 12:40 #

I feel so traped.
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Franitz

2010.10.13 ::: 23:56 #

This is amazing.
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Britt

2010.11.13 ::: 01:51 #

Definitely conjures up a lot of emotion....captivating, sickening, beautiful, tragic, how I feel on Mondays...your work is brilliant
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burningmouth

2010.11.14 ::: 13:17 #

Very salvia-esque !!!!
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- AoLong
  
  2010.12.04 ::: 18:44 #
  
  Don't say?
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mint

2010.11.14 ::: 17:12 #

not enough words to describe the work. engaging doesn't quite do it.

but it sums up my convoluted emotions brewing inside... as rain passionately kiss my window; making me miss home-- and all emotions both familiar and grotesque; pushing at the same time stopping the urge to go out and dance under the weeping sky.
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Lukas Luciano

2010.11.15 ::: 10:46 #

Excelentes todas las obras que vi , la verdad que es un placer poder ver arte de este nivel . Saludos !
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Yyyyyyyyyyy

2010.11.22 ::: 17:46 #

Beautiful work, such a shame he died so young
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AoLong

2010.12.04 ::: 18:37 #

Seems more real than reality itself in some way... oh wait a minute... that's what "surreal" means... yes.

Well, I must say it seems to take all of my emotions and sense(s) of self and blend them in some sort of picturesque blender that makes me smell a peculiar smell... a kind of smell that makes me remember a kind of reality I'm "not supposed to remember"... what gets me is how POSITIVE some of the feelings are...

The most positive one for me is the last one, with its bright-sky spaciousness, the way consciousness seems to surround the scene like an invisible velvet blanket, and the way the personification of what looks like a static structure (school) and unpalatable process (being put "through" school) seems made into something somehow transcendentally positive. It is the spirit of the children which enable it.

It is the spirit of the children which enables all the suffering to be endured.

It is their playfulness that pervades objects, enabling them to have lives of their own.

It is their dignity that reveals how the grown-ups have lost theirs, becoming objects and process linkages.

But there is some bright, kool-aid tangerine light that shines over it all... soothing it.
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tricia

2010.12.13 ::: 09:14 #

they remind me of the story called The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
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Xylene TwoThreeOhOne

2010.12.17 ::: 11:27 #

Awesome!
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Samuel

2010.12.23 ::: 08:35 #

The paintings are fantastic and lovely.
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Alex Versolatto

2010.12.24 ::: 16:48 #

Strangely beautiful.
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5tenDesign

2011.03.22 ::: 22:33 #

Wow... really love this work
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Josh

2011.03.23 ::: 18:43 #

unbelievable......pure genius!
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Jasmin

2011.03.27 ::: 13:12 #

His work is amazing, its so different
you just cant take your eyes off it!
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Sora Fox

2011.06.01 ::: 11:12 #

This is soooo f***ing creepy... I LOVE THEM!!!! <3
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Trumpeteer

2011.07.13 ::: 11:37 #

Wow, to me it represents humans as objects to be exploited, uncanny,
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Pet Portrait Artist Kate

2011.09.07 ::: 21:00 #

I just love this artwork - I find each piece absolutely fascinating - what an imagination!! Wonderful.
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Haenggeli FranÃ§ois

2011.12.14 ::: 19:59 #

Impressionnant mais je pense que c'est le but on se croit dans un rÃªve sans savoir si il est bon ou mauvais.
Bravo pour l'imagination et le talent de dessinateur

FranÃ§ois
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icarus

2013.03.14 ::: 13:02 #

It doesn't help that the faces all sport lifeless eyes. I'm a big fan of Ishida's works before I bothered to find out his name. I can somehow relate to some of his pieces that it's terrifying. Slaving away for a job that you don't like, keeping up with my parents' and society's expectations that living has somehow become a burden...

My favorite was the microscope job panelists. Brings back memories of how hard it was job hunting.
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phil

2013.08.21 ::: 03:20 #

Some are quite funny, if not disturbing. Feel abit sorry for the kid in all the images, he seems troubled or deep in thought.
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Siobhan

2013.10.12 ::: 17:13 #

So powerful!å®Œå…¨ä»¤äººè®šå˜†ä¸å·²å‘¢
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Tom Gantz

MarciFree

thom

Bento_Boxx

Stephen London

Jamie

Anonymous

Anonymous

plainpainkillerjane

avisioncame

Darren Mitton

krista

jiniton

suggins

Darren Mitton

Tiffany

AoLong

jan jansen

myuk

phil

AoLong

SteamAnt

Alexander

Julija

Kayla

Randall

Sarah

AoLong

Darren Mitton

J

Hermitbiker

Ice

Esteban

Marko

AoLong

Eyechild

jaded

Franitz

Britt

AoLong

mint

Yyyyyyyyyyy

AoLong

tricia

Xylene TwoThreeOhOne

Samuel

Alex Versolatto

Josh

Sora Fox

Trumpeteer

Pet Portrait Artist Kate

Haenggeli FranÃ§ois

icarus

Siobhan

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