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The Poly-Creatures of Izumi Kato: Paintings and Sculptures at Two Hara Museums |
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| Susan Rogers Chikuba |
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At once vegetal, animal, mineral, and extraterrestrial, the poly-creatures of Shimane-born painter and sculptor Izumi Kato are out in force this fall and winter. Meet them through 13 January 2020 in Izumi Kato -- Like a Rolling Snowball, concurrent solo shows hosted by the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward and Hara Museum ARC in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture. The former showcases Kato's recent works, notably those made of stone and fabric, while the latter is a full retrospective uniting the artist's earliest paintings with his wood sculptures, painted rock assemblages, and multimedia figures fashioned of stone, fabric, wood, leather, and soft vinyl. more... |
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Asphalt Impressionism: Naoki Tomita at the Maho Kubota Gallery |
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| Alan Gleason |
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When Naoki Tomita held his first solo exhibition four years ago, he seemed to have sprung out of nowhere fully formed, with a mature, instantly recognizable style. Viewing the short, thick, slab-like strokes with which he paints his oils, it's impossible not to think of Van Gogh. Tomita also shares with the post-Impressionist master some interesting polarities in subject matter: he is capable of painting riveting portraits, but his landscapes are virtually devoid of human figures. Those that do appear in Tomita's scenes are barely distinguishable, cursory sketches that blend into the background. Yet he seems genuinely interested in people, as evinced by No Job, his landmark series of sympathetic portraits of young unemployed Japanese. more... |
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