Yukari Art Contemporary

Much like his work, Kazuharu Ishikawa is hard to forget. A human exclamation point, the Tama Art University graduate sports a shaved head with a single spike of hair extending 30 cm straight up in celebration of the line.

A single line — either as part of a greater whole or standing alone — can express almost anything in a piece of art. Starting from simple drawings that he does in sketch books, the 31-year-old Ishikawa re-creates selected images with thread that he glues onto canvases, walls or plexiglass.