Gagosian Paris Hosts First French Exhibition of Tetsuya Ishida

Gagosian presents its first exhibition in France dedicated to Tetsuya Ishida, a Japanese painter who died at 31 in 2005. The show runs until July 31, 2026 at 4 rue de Ponthieu, Paris. Ishida's hyper-detailed works depict young workers undergoing mechanical or animal transformations, reflecting the lost decade of 1990s Japan. His figures, often anonymous with bowler hats reminiscent of Magritte, critique the loss of individual freedom in a society centered on work, consumption, and technological dependence. Influenced by social realism, surrealism, and Japanese pop culture, Ishida has become a cult figure in Asian contemporary art.