Ozabu captured the details of the body—the lines in the palms, the slight creases in the middle of the rib cage—but she left a conveying emotion, and the story told the audience.
Ozabu’s portrait is amazing how she connects humans and nature. You will notice insects that are attached to the face or insects whose intimacy seems undisturbed. Some of the fragments are very surreal. The cock appeared from one woman’s head and the beak stuck out from another woman’s mouth. The hairstyle may be more like petals, leaves and feathers.
Ozabu’s work also shows an interest in the folk connection between humans and animals, just like her Kitsune series, where a woman and Fox are essentially one of them, appearing in “(Wander),” where she performed on Thinkspace in Los Angeles. She often incorporates traditional elements such as kimono and prayer beads into her work, creating a timeless appeal.
She also brings her unique vision to fashion illustrations. In 2017, Ozabu participated in Showstudio’s exhibition “Moving Kate”, a celebration of mysterious supermodel Kate Moss. The artist drew inspiration from the mid-1990s Vivienne Westwood runway show, portraying Moss’ waist restraint and pushing his arms open. Her out mouth blinked, grabbing the sweet and fragile place. This is a sexy and subversive image. The following year, she reinterpreted Nick Knight’s famous 1997 Devon Aoki photo, which appeared with safety pins and a flower-filled burrs on her forehead.
In Ozabu’s illustration, the flowers seem to explode and dissipate from the explosion, but you can see the artist’s attention swelling in the way the skin on his forehead swells under the safety pin.
