Artist: Katsumi Hayakawa
Artist Nationality: Japanese
Artist Dates: b. 1970
Title: Spherical Moss
Date: 1999
Condition: Good condition - discoloration at right is just dust, can easily be wiped off
Medium: Oil, galkyd and modeling paste on canvas
Dimensions: 64 x 84 x 1 3/4 in.
Estimated Value: $10,000
Signature/Markings: Signed verso and stamped with artist insignia; Silverstein Gallery label verso
NOTE: discoloration at right is just dust, can easily be wiped off
In his paintings and cut-paper sculptures, Katsumi Hayakawa evokes the city and urban planning. He builds meticulously constructed objects with cubes and squares, suggesting skyscrapers and city grids, while the interaction of line and color coalesce with the cubes to create complex and vibrant rhythms. Hayakawa expands modernist explorations into the grid, in particular evoking Piet Mondrian’s Broadway Boogie Woogie. Hayakawa translates these energies to his acrylic paintings, which convey similar impulses and rhythms through simple gestures. These nonfigurative paintings defy the two-dimensionality of the canvas with trompe l’oeil renderings of planar space. He balances the rigidity of the grid with a freer approach to painting, and a lively use of color. (Bio sourced from Artsy)
Select collections:
Louis Vuitton
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Málaga, Spain
American Embassy, Dubai
Target
The Royal Bank of Scotland
Entergy-Koch
Vincent & Elkins Law Firm
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Provenance:
Private New York Collection
Silverstein Gallery
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