Kako Ueda is an artist that I saw at Slash:Paper Under the Knife in New York. She is a Brook­lyn based artist that uses relief cut­ting to focus on organic forms (such as insects and the human body) and also explore the idea of thought and worship.

I really like Kako’s rep­re­sen­ta­tion of the human form. In a way, it’s vis­ceral. Kako has spared us no expense to see organs, pain, and con­sump­tion. She achieves a cer­tain level of vul­gar with the limbs hang­ing out, eye­balls dan­gling, and other exposed body parts. She has, how­ever, achieved great beauty with her shape design and intri­cate and thought­ful cutouts and use of other accent­ing materials.

I had a really hard time vis­it­ing Kako’s web­site (not sure why!), so these images are from the George Adams Gallery (I wish you could see the detail­ing better!).