| The Yak | : | Would you say that during your time in these fields, you were strongly influenced by any other particular artists or designers? |
| Hutomo Ishi | : | You, mean for painting? Well, as far the master painters, I guess I would say, Marc Chagall or Paul Klee, from an appreciation view-point. But, as far as contemporary artists, not really. But in the design field, I guess you could say I was definitely influenced by the design creativity and personality of Pierre Cardin. |
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| The Yak | : | So, you started working with collage in '95? |
| Hutomo Ishi | : | Yes, something like that. In Japan, from the time when I was young, I was always interested in writing poetry. When I worked on design at home, I would also write poems. I also collected 'found' objects (broken pieces of glass, and non-useful things, just rubbish really) - I had a really big collection. Then I thought that I might publish my poems in a book, but I changed my mind as I decided that this was not so interesting. I eventually got the idea to mix my poems with the found materials on canvas. Since then I have moved away from the poems, and step by step, forgetting about the poems, I concentrate more on the painting. But that was the beginning, the essence of my art. |
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