2008

Mar/Apr, 2004

Nov, 2009

http://www.juxtapoz.com/Features/the-eagle-and-the-crane-a-talk-about-blending-cultures-with-yumiko-kayukawa

"Her nods to tradition include the integration of calligraphy, free-floating flowers, bubbles, stars, and insects in the work's composition, as well as the sometimes impossibly positioned bodies (much like Shunga, the erotic prints). Her flat, bright style and gorgeous, stylish girls are like advertisements for fun, as impossible as fashion magazine scenarios but equally as desirable. But the impossibility is acknowledged in Kayukawa's world, where calligraphy drips with honey and girls are caught in spider webs. ... [They] use the elements of good design to full effect, where the illogical flowers and butterflies and rabbits don't read as symbols or icons, but as part of a visual system. ... [They] don't appeal to your logic, but rather to your desire. Like a perfectly designed ad, they might very well make you want something; doubtless the "something" is ineffable, intangible, and nothing the artist wants to sell."
Emily Hall August 8, 2001