Mayuka Yamamoto

Mayuka Yamamoto (Japan)

Like in the work of Yoshitomo Nara Mayuka's paintings refer to adolescence. However, Yamamoto is not from the circles around Nara and Murakami. After she became a mother she started to depict children with animal features. The boys are sweet and cherishable, but at the same time vulnerable and mysterious. The children/animals in her work represent something out of reach and chaotic characteristic to adolescents.