On this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to Visual Artist Felipe Ikehara in 2023.
**Please note this episode is entirely in Portuguese (Brazil) language. Watch the full episode with English Subtitles on Ultraviolet Art Talks Instagram** on this link:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CtG_bRIMkQK/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Born in 1987 in São Paulo, Felipe Ikehara is a visual artist who develops paintings on canvas, murals, and drawings, these being the processes manifested as his main artistic vehicles.
The technical development of drawing and painting is combined with research into visual references from the nature of the world and the human being. Within a decidedly figurative work, particular and universal symbolisms structure the thematic pillars of the works. Simultaneously, rigidity and organicity are exalted through pastel tones to compose images that translate the sensation that emerges from a lapse in daily life and results in a moment of introspection.
Selected recent works and shows include; commission work for @meta São Paulo @hon_magurobr show @diasporagalleria projects with @muraissp
Artist Statement;
“The choice of palette manifests itself in pastel tones and more muted colors as a counterpoint to the exacerbated saturation of daily life.
In urban life, we become accustomed to surviving surrounded by glaring information in every synesthetic sense of the word. Sounds and noises exceed humanly acceptable decibel levels, people express themselves in an imposing and aggressive manner to be noticed, colors and movements explode in all the amplitude that the eye can reach.
The saturation of everything around us is an indication of the anesthesia of the reception of being in addition to the uncontrolled need for recognition and manifestation.
The way I present the colors and themes of my work is a desaturated manifesto, because I believe that, starting from the most static state, the smallest movements are highlighted.
In a daily life where saturation prevails, I seek to illustrate a place of refuge where subtleties have value and strength. I present my work, for myself and whoever may receive it, as a reminder that there is a place where energy is not spent unnecessarily and its smallest manifestation can be recognized and contemplated.
In our daily lives we do not lack colors, we lack perceiving the subtleties that exist between them.”
Enjoyed this episode? Follow Ultraviolet Art talks on Instagram @_ultravioletarttalks_
For more information, follow Felipe Ikehara on Instagram @fe.ikehara also @casa.meio
","author_name":"Caren Sullivan"}