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大正に生まれ、昭和で死んだ無名の画家・ユアサエボシ。次々と作品や資料が発見され、過去が解き明かされていく。賞への入選、著名画家との交流……しかしそれは全て嘘であり、現代のユアサエボシによって日本美術史の隙間に巧みに埋め込まれたフィクションである。絵画のクオリティを担保しつつ、時間軸、歴史軸をも取り込むユアサの取り組みは大胆であり、大変にユニークだ。近年話題になった「I氏コレクション」シリーズもまた巧妙で、某アニメキャラクターがF・ベーコン作品のコレクターだったらという架空の設定をキャンバスに込めた。常に観る側の概念に驚きと揺さぶりをかける特異な作家である。

Ebosi Yuasa was an unknown artist who was born in the Taisho era and who died during the Showa era. One after another Yuasa’s works and materials on him are found. They lead to Yuasa’s life and art being discovered. We see the awards Yuasa won and the famous artists he associated with. However, they are all lies. They are all pieces of fiction that Ebosi Yuasa the present-day artist skillfully inserted into the various corners of Japanese art history. Yuasa’s pictures have the usual excellence and he incorporates into them senses of time and history. His project is indeed bold and unique. Collector Mr. I, a recent series of works which received much attention, is also clever. The premise of the series is that a certain anime character is a collector of the works of Francis Bacon. Constantly surprising the viewer and continually disrupting the concepts they hold, Eboshi Uasa is a singular artist.