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Japanese Pop Surrealism Paintings by Yosuke Ueno

Japanese artist Yosuke Ueno’s painting are an interesting blend of fantasy, surrealistic styling and cartoon elements. Although his characters are all his own original designs, their cartoon styling has been around for nearly a century. His pop surrealism paintings have an innocent appeal about them, even when darker symbolism appears in the art work in the form of skulls, sharp scissors and brooding clouds. The majority of Ueno’s characters are child-like, with large, beautiful eyes and rainbow colored hair. Yosuke Ueno has created an alternate universe with his cute cartoon characters and their surrealist environments, inviting the viewer to visit the artist’s imagination by stepping through the doorway of his art.

Yosuke Ueno’s statement about his art is; “I always start new work without any detailed designs. My hope is for a piece to complete itself beyond my imagination. I sometimes say that artists are parallel to scientists. Scientists have no way of knowing the result of an experiment beforehand. The same can be said about creating art.” – Yosuke Ueno

Visit Yosuke Ueno on Facebook or take a look at these articles on MyModernMet and Culturazzi for more pop surrealist paintings and info about this artist.

A cute cartoon character wears a peace suit in this pop surrealism painting by Yosuke Ueno


A cute cartoon girl with rainbow hair laughs in this pop surrealism painting by Yosuke Ueno


A cute girl and her pet wear alien coral in this pop surrealism painting by Yosuke Ueno


A cute little beastie sits in a beautiful alien garden in this surrealist painting by Yosuke Ueno



A cute pop surrealism painting by Yosuke Ueno of a girl with rainbow hair


A giant baby swan wearing a crown watches the viewer with a beautiful eye in this pop surrealism painting by Yosuke Ueno


A girl with rainbow hair wears a skull and scissors in this pop surrealism painting by Yosuke Ueno


A pop surrealism painting by Yosuke Ueno of a school girl with rainbow hair playing guitar


A rainbow skull wears scissors and a butterfly in this pop surrealism painting by Yosuke Ueno


Creepy but cute pop surrealism painting by Yosuke Ueno of monsters having a tea party


Two cartoon school girls wear a butterfly and scissors in this pop surrealism painting by Yosuke Ueno


Two fantasy character interact in this cartoon pop surrrealism painting by Yosuke Ueno


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March 18, 2013 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse

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