Futaro Mitsuki (Born 1970)
Futaro Mitsuki was born in Tokyo in 1970, and in 1998 he graduated with a Master’s degree in Textile Arts, at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. The artist currently lives and works near Tokyo, in his private studio where he develops his artistic work.
Mitsuki uses ink, acrylics, and pencil, to create detailed drawings were the clothes of his characters are as if they were woven on the support. But the charm of his drawings lies not only in the incredible details of his character’s clothes but also in the models that the artist chooses to dress, such as Mona Lisa, Greta Garbo or Marlene Dietrich, incarnating mythological, historical and legendary characters, in a beauty parade that takes our breath away.
The artist thus creates a world of his own, where style, time, and characters interact in a surreal way. His drawings refer us to Art Nouveau and naturally to Japonisme, but also to Neoclassical, classic ornaments, naturalistic motifs, the Renaissance, and the best painting and drawings of all time.
In a statement that the artist specially and gently gave us, he says:
“There are a few things I take care of when I draw female figures. I carefully preserve their own individuality, appearance, age, clothes, time, ideas, and settings of the women depicted.
I think all the cultures and all the styles and ages of the world are enchanting.
I wish the world could be a little bit more like I imagine and express: timeless and beautiful in his uniqueness.
When I am in the process of creating, I don’t have the consciousness that I am painting or drawing. I cherish the feeling of sewing the costumes the characters wear one stitch at a time, making the hairstyles hair by hair and carve each unique piece of the armors.
As a feeling, I hate mixing things, so I don’t mix the paints either. Therefore, when I draw a picture, I comfortably express it by pointillism. “
