PUBLISHED April 17th, 2015 05:25 am | UPDATED June 10th, 2020 09:13 pm
Ikkan Art Gallery is pleased to present its second solo exhibition with Japanese artist, Mikito Ozeki. Following his presentation at Art Stage 2015 and Clear Edition & Gallery, Tokyo last year, “facing the afterimage” brings together new and existing works that exemplifies Ozeki’s unceasing exploration into the potentialities of paper cutting.
“facing the afterimage” is an accumulation of fragments that surpasses chronological order, an ‘image’ of complex elements combined into one. In contrast to his earlier series, Ozeki plays with layers and variegated fields, seeking to capture the ephemerality of after-images and dreamscapes vis-à-vis overlapping shades and colours. Through his current cutting technique, Ozeki sets aside creating a focal point in each work, giving the viewer an impression that the work continues out of the frame.
Ozeki’s latest works remind us once more that paper cutting is a three dimensional expression. Keeping in mind one’s perception that changes with the position the work is viewed from, he adopts a significantly different approach to layering and creating depth than that of painting. Facing the afterimage of mark making with his cutting knife and paper in tow, Ozeki laboriously etches new realms of possibility in the tradition of paper cutting.
About Mikito Ozeki:
Mikito Ozeki (b. 1976) lives and works in Nagoya, Japan. He has had solo exhibitions at Ikkan Art Gallery, Singapore, Clear Edition & Gallery, Tokyo, Japan and LeBasse Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, and most recently showed at Art Stage 2015 at a joint presentation by Ikkan Art Gallery and Clear Edition & Gallery. His work frequently delves into mental spaces of the self, drawing from things like static noise in analog TVs and accumulation of techno-gadgetry amongst other urban phenomena.
Mikito Ozeki | facing the afterimage is taking place from Friday, 8 May to Saturday, 6 June at Ikkan Art International.
For more information, please email <kenneth@ikkan-art.com>.