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| Ben Kimura - Cherry Blossom |
I have a soft spot for Ben Kimura's romantic, chocolate box world.
His pictures are populated by handsome, wistful, young men,
and this one drawing on his heritage of traditional Japanese art
and the love of nature has a simple beauty about it.
In springtime a young man's fancy turns to love they say
But in reality Cherry Blossom time in Japan is usually quite cold
and this young man sits quite alone with nature,
distracted from his studies and reading
distracted from his studies and reading
There's often a sense of 'apartness' in Kimura's art.
He expresses one of the essences of the gay condition - isolation.
Which is especially raw in youth and returns to bite in old age.
He expresses one of the essences of the gay condition - isolation.
Which is especially raw in youth and returns to bite in old age.
This seemingly sentimental image has hidden depths.
1 comment:
Your assessment of this artist's work is right on the mark. There is such a wistful innocence seen here. Plus, there's a nice touch of 'realism' seen in the young man's face and body, in that he has a seeming touch of youthful 'baby fat', especially on his torso. It's endearing and shows us that even in youthful beauty there's no perfection.
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