Artists' Fellowship - 2000
Painting
Artist Statement:
My works are strongly related to sexual instinct (eroticism) and aging of the body. The sexual instinct sways human existence and creates pain and ecstasy. The sexual instinct is deeply involved in emotions and death. It is an unchangeable fact that the body is dying while the mind is growing. I create works of art, hoping for a revelation of my soul." Usui communicates on a grand scale; his wail paintings, in some cases, reach 200 by 300 inches. Thick male human forms, painted in a monochrome brown, portray the self in uncomfortable or morbid circumstances. In the large composition Sick Pappy, Usui places a man on his hands and knees, the simple form’s back is slung low as he wretches.
More about the Artist:
Participated in the exhibition Buying Time: Nourishing Excellence at Sotheby's, New York, from June-July 2001.
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