Yuka Doutou - item #14

Contemporary Silkscreen

A fabulous print by Yuka Doutou: Item #14. Playful faces, cats, cups, and tiny boxed shapes flicker between abstraction and character - scattered across a field of black and metallic gold. From afar, the surface appears patterned and rhythmic; up close, it bursts into a crowd of miniature stories and animated figures. Doutou’s silkscreen layering transforms notebook sketches into a shifting tapestry of items, toys, and characters that come alive with every glance. ✨🐾

• Year & Edition: 2018 · Ed. 1/5 (signed, titled & editioned in pencil).
  
• Medium: Silkscreen.
  
• Dimensions: Sheet H: 27.50 cm × W: 36.50 cm.
  
• Condition: Direct from artist studio.
  
• Notes: A lovely work from Doutou’s "Item" series, where she reconfigures her spontaneous drawings into dense silkscreen fields. Item #14 is a very limited edition & smaller piece, playful characters emerging from a surface of dense metallic gold colour.

About the Artist

道藤由加 Yuka Doutou (b. 1983, Hyōgo) builds exuberant silkscreen prints that shift with every glance. From afar, her candy-bright surfaces appear carefree and textile-like; up close, they burst into crowds of animated characters - playful, chaotic, and full of mischief. Balancing light-hearted colour with an undertone of unease, Doutou captures what she calls “Carefree Moment, Bad Premonition” (呑気な時間、嫌な予感). Winner of the Jury Prize at the Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial, Doutou's contemporary works are a marvel to behold. [ ← View All Works by Yuka Doutou]