"Yoshitoshi Kanemaki has built his reputation on sculptures that capture something rarely articulated yet instantly recognizable: the layered complexity of human emotion. Known for his surreal, "glitched" wooden figures that seem to hold multiple expressions at once, the Tokyo-based artist continues to stretch the boundaries of self-perception in his latest exhibition. Titled Insight Prism, the solo show at FUMA Contemporary invites viewers into a world where identity, reflection, and distortion collide."
"Kanemaki's practice has always revolved around dualities - joy and sorrow, clarity and confusion, stillness and movement. Each sculpture begins as a single piece of timber, painstakingly chiseled into figures whose faces and bodies ripple with overlapping states of being. The effect is uncanny yet deeply relatable, as though the work is showing not just one moment in time but several emotions layered on top of each other."
Yoshitoshi Kanemaki sculpts wooden figures that embody multiple, overlapping emotional states through layered facial and bodily forms. Each piece starts from a single timber block and is painstakingly chiseled into figures whose faces ripple with concurrent expressions, producing an uncanny yet relatable effect of several moments coexisting. The Prism series introduces fragmented triangular motifs that refract form like light, turning wood into splintered, geometric surfaces. The title Insight Prism pairs clarity and fragmentation, framing the sculptures as lenses that break down human identity while suggesting the possibility of deeper understanding. The exhibition includes the largest Prism work to date, amplifying scale and conceptual impact.
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