Fragmented Faces by Yoshitoshi Kanemaki

Yoshitoshi Kanemaki’s new sculptures feel like waking dreams.

Figures carved from single blocks of wood seem to refract like light through glass, their faces split into shifting layers, and mixed emotions.

Each piece hints at the many selves we hold inside: joyful, uncertain, restless, searching.

At the center of the show is his most ambitious work yet, asking the question we all wonder in silence: Who am I when no one is watching?

Kanemaki’s title says it best. “Insight” looks inward, while “Prism” bends and multiplies. Together they reflect the fragile beauty of perception.

Though the figures feel surreal, they hold you in place. They remind us how fractured, layered, and deeply human we all are.

Isn’t that what art is all about?

See more of Kanemaki’s fascinating, deeply layered work on Instagram. Via Colossal:

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All images © Copyright Yoshitoshi Kanemaki and FUMA Contemporary Tokyo.