The eerie work of Japanese painter Tetsuya Ishida is having the exposure it is due this year, with an exhibition of his work just having concluded are the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco
and now also being exhibited at this year's 56th Venice Bienalle (for example, the painting below)
Ishida was very prolific in his short life, having died at the the age of 33 in 2005. His work touched on many themes of psychological isolation in a highly urbanized and consumer-driven world, usually with specific reference to Japan, as seen in the works here:
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