Yudai Ueki

He paints birds. He pursues a humorous and essential expression, emphasizing "expression of life" through brush strokes, undulating contours, and the matiere and coloration of the paint. Most of the birds he chooses as motifs, such as herons, cormorants, and ducks, are common birds that can be obser...

He paints birds. He pursues a humorous and essential expression, emphasizing "expression of life" through brush strokes, undulating contours, and the matiere and coloration of the paint. Most of the birds he chooses as motifs, such as herons, cormorants, and ducks, are common birds that can be observed on riverbanks and in urban areas. The focus is on "modern birds" that live in a complex relationship with nature: they inhabit people's living environment, coexist with nature lovers, are sometimes used, and are sometimes persecuted as harmful birds. The concept of nature in contemporary society is whether nature is a resource to be monetized or a life with rights, and what the philosophy of nature should suggest once again.