Disrupt is proud to be selling the highly limited prints (edition of 50) of Japanese born artist Fuco Ueda who's depiction of young girls in a wonderment of surrealist scenarios allow the viewers mind to wander and wallow in a space somewhere between beauty and tragedy.
Are the girls in your pictures good girls or naughty girls?
They're both good and naughty.
Why do animals and plants touch people so much in your work?
It’s a symbol of their love for one another. The girls, the cats, the moray eels, the chysanthemums, the chairs, the cake–they’re all very good friends.
It’s a symbol of their love for one another. The girls, the cats, the moray eels, the chysanthemums, the chairs, the cake–they’re all very good friends.
Your characters look alike. Are they sisters?
The girls do not exist as specific individuals. They may wake up one morning as deer, or turn into birds and fly away after having lunch.
The girls do not exist as specific individuals. They may wake up one morning as deer, or turn into birds and fly away after having lunch.
There’s often a kind of party going on in your pictures. Do you like parties? Do you have many friends? Or do you like being alone?
The girls can adapt to any treatment or circumstance in a snap. They don’t feel lonely when they’re alone, but they also enjoy being with a large group of friends.
The girls can adapt to any treatment or circumstance in a snap. They don’t feel lonely when they’re alone, but they also enjoy being with a large group of friends.
With the flowers and the honey, the food and the short skirts, your work feels very sensual. Is it about sex? And if so, how come you never draw a nude figure?
I’m aware of the possibility of making a connection between the image of the girls and that of sex. However, they don’t seem to be interested in sex as an everyday physiological activity. I don’t find nudes erotic, but shrugged shoulders and legs extending from skirts and the like do have a special place in my mind.
