Kenta Furusho - New York city
 

"Boy on a Big Skull" - ("Fight")
concrete, paint, wax, fabric - 44 inches high
1994

My art is a power that swallows me down, deeply, into the Giant of the Jungle,
like a non-stop jetcoaster. Since deciding to be an artist twenty years ago, I have wondered
what actually happens between me and my work. My work began as a small dot on a piece
of paper, as a symbol of Will. Classical study and hundreds of art theories had made me skeptical.
I had to eliminate all that I heard and saw, in order to understand who I am. Very carefully,
I developed the dot into a line, line into plane, plane into volume, and volume into shape.
In the past fifteen years, I experimented with different art forms such as painting, lithography,
sculpture (clay, plaster, wood, bronze, plastic), minimal, representative, narrative, abstract, and
symbolism. Whatever came to mind I had an urge to make it, in order to understand what I really
wanted. Slowly this practice became my concept.

 I have a character named, "Baby Boy" who comes in various sizes and shapes.

This is his world and his manner is symbolic of his relationship to it. I call his world
"Naked Universe" and my work is based on his imagination and his idea of expanding the world
with magical images to achieve a sense of freedom for our life. His challenge is to break
taboos and reveal a truth of his own. He also addresses his own demons and heros.

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