Yusuke Okada
DEATH OF CREATIVITY
Opening Reception: Friday, November 3, 6—9pm
November 3—November 26
Eleventh Hour Art is pleased to present DEATH OF CREATIVITY, a solo exhibition of paintings by Yusuke Okada.
Yusuke Okada is an artist from Tokyo Japan. He currently lives and works in NYC.
Lottery Yellow, by Yusuke Okada. 42” x 50", oil on canvas
Artist Statement:
I paint and draw about addiction, aging, airbags, alcoholism, anger, Applebee's, art school students, boat, boredom, boxing, brain, breaking up, broken heart, cactus, cars, casket, cats, coma, cops, cows, creativity, cruelty, dad, dance, death, depression, desert, Disney, dreams, drugs, end of the world, expectations, extra-terrestrial, fart, flowers, fungus, genitals, gentrification, god, guns, hats, hate, holes, horses, houses, iPhones, isolation, Japan, jealousy, Jeff Bezos, KKK, lambs, language barrier, loneliness, lottery, love, lovelessness, marriage, McDonald’s, mental illness, modelo, mom, Motel 6, mountains, Mr. Bean, Mr.bean movie, naked people, negativity, New York City, nightmares, ocean, old people, pain, pain killers, palm trees, piano, politics, ponies, Popeye’s, problems, qdoba, questions, revenge, road, Rolex, sad vacation, supreme, tax, tears, TMNT, trust fund, umbrellas, urinals, violence, Waffle House, wheel chairs, whiteness and youth. I use acrylic and oil on canvas and wood.