<b>ISHISHI - Surrealist Fantasy World with Mushroom House, Snail Shells and Eyes - Signed, 2022</b><br>
Signed contemporary work on paper. Surrealist figurative fantasy world. Colored pencil on paper. Unframed.<br><br>
<b>Description</b><br>
The most purely surrealist and figurative work in the ISHISHI collection: a densely populated fantasy world that trades the purely architectural vocabulary for a more playful and dreamlike visual inventory. A polka-dotted mushroom house occupies the upper left, multiple disembodied eyes are scattered throughout the composition, bird-like and creature-like figures animate the spaces, spiraling snail-shell forms dominate the lower half, and semi-human/semi-animal hybrid characters inhabit this otherworldly scene.<br><br>
The palette is soft pastel: pinks, blues, greens, mauves, ochres and greys. The medium is colored pencil with possible ink linework additions for fine detail. Below the signature there is a small drawn symbol or glyph - a stylised bird or abstract mark - that appears to be a secondary artist's mark or personal device. Verso: "© 2022". In good condition.<br><br>
<b>Features</b><br>
* Signed lower right: "ISHISHI" (reddish-brown pencil)<br>
* Small additional glyph/symbol below signature<br>
* Surrealist fantasy: mushroom house, snail shells, creatures, disembodied eyes<br>
* More figurative than architectural - most whimsical work in collection<br>
* Soft pastel palette: pinks, blues, greens, mauves<br>
* Colored pencil with possible ink linework<br>
* Copyright notation on verso: 2022<br>
* Unframed and unmounted<br><br>
<b>Condition</b><br>
* Good. Paper clean and colors fresh. No tears or foxing. Minor edge wear.<br><br>
<b>Specifications</b><br>
Artist: ISHISHI (as signed)<br>
Attribution: Signed original work<br>
Year: 2022 (as per verso notation)<br>
Medium: Colored pencil on paper (possible ink linework additions)<br>
Subject: Surrealist fantasy world with mushroom house, snail shells, creatures<br>
Dimensions: Not confirmed - no scale reference in photos<br>
Frame: Unframed<br>
COA: Not present
582452+24

Location of item: 4-10 Keon Parade, Thomastown, VIC, Australia

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