About Chance Encounters, 2008
Lehmann Maupin Gallery will present the first New York solo exhibition of the artist Rei Sato (26 June - 8 August 2008). Her seemingly childlike approach to painting and drawing provides an insight into feminine identity and perspective in Japan through the usage of simple figurative forms, bold compositions and expressive color.
For this exhibition, Rei Sato will present a new series of paintings, drawings and photographs influenced by ‘cuteness’ or what is known in Japan as ‘kawaii.’ Sato’s process begins with taking chance photographs of the ordinary like a parked car, a grassy plain along the highway or a cracked sidewalk. These are then printed onto a canvas and Sato superimposes images of children, butterflies and furry animals into the scenery with watercolor and line drawing. Sato communicates a form of escapism by removing the everyday through this series of manipulations.
Rei Sato (born 1984 in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan) currently lives and works in Tokyo. She was discovered by Takashi Murakami at GEISAI#1 event in 2002.
- ArtDaily
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Dragonfly, 2008
Copycat, 2008
Picnic, 2008
What's Up, What's Up?, 2008
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Rei Sato @ Lehmann Maupin Gallery
26 June - 8 August 2008
540 W 26th Street, New York, NY 10001
Tel 212 255 2923 Fax 212 255 2924
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Very interesting artist, though I find something somewhat disturbing about her work, as if it were more the ghost of cuteness than cuteness itself...
By the way, you shouldn't make fellow bloggers blush under their beards! :P
Very interesting! The first is my fav!
japanese artist? i did not know her.
amazing!
thanks.
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