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中誠2023年秋季拍賣「現代與當代藝術」
YURA OTA ( b.1982 )
2006
145.5 x 97 cm
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Yura Ota, born in 1982, is an artist from Japan who has a penchant for capturing the earnest behaviors of people in his paintings, as though these individuals are being observed from an elevated, unknown vantage point. However, Ota selectively focuses on the aspects related to people, discarding the rest of the scenery, and places emphasis on the intricacies of human form and movement. Through compositions that resemble glimpses and distant views, he conveys the relative smallness of people's existence and portrays the diligent way in which they go about their lives. Additionally, he captures people engaged in activities they love, revealing their abundant passion and energy, filled with the drive to experience and embrace the challenges of life.
In Ota's work, the primary perspective is often from a high vantage point, as if observing the actions of people below. However, there are no streetscapes or living environments in the surroundings; only people and accompanying objects are depicted. Much of the canvas is a flat, empty space, akin to the layout of a home-building video game that is still under construction. The blank spaces allow viewers to imagine limitless possibilities and offer various potential scenarios for the scene. This enables viewers to feel and imagine the different lifestyles and sensory experiences of the individuals in the painting, as if each observer's thoughts bring forth a variety of life patterns and sensory experiences for the people within the artwork.