{"product_id":"izumi-kato-mexican-works-in-casa-wabi","title":"Izumi Kato - Mexican Works in Casa Wabi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished on the occasion of exhibition  at Fundación Casa Wabi, Puerto Escondido, Mexico January 2019 - January 2020.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished by Potziland Records, 2020\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSoftcover, 36 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e12 x 12 in | 30 x 30cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9784991040413\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom Fundación Casa Wabi:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIzumi Kato uses classical painting and sculptural techniques to reflect physicality. His artistic practice expresses an unrefined yet direct and relatable reality in a world where virtual elements proliferate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKato’s bold and forceful curves highlight the human form with organic lines, achieving distortion and simplification of the form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis pieces are a powerful presence that seems to illustrate the essence of the human body. Most of his recent works are untitled. He has no specific painting model nor does he compose or sketch. These paintings have no narrative element. They are dialogues, creations that emerge from a direct physical impulse with materials and the specific place where he makes them. The figures inside the canvases seem to be enlighten with an enigmatic aura, and undifferentiated bodies which capture light through colors and embroidery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor this exhibition at Casa Wabi, Izumi Kato made most of the production in-situ, he explored  new possibilities in form, materials and textures offered by Mexico.\u003cbr\u003eThe result is a combination of new colors and compositions, never used by the artist before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFundación Casa Wabi presents Izumi Kato’s first exhibit in Latin America within the exhibition program in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, in which artists such as Daniel Buren, Michael François, Harold Ancart, Jannis Kounellis, and Ugo Rondinone have participated.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Izumi Kato","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48183486054737,"sku":"","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0820\/5084\/2961\/files\/izumi_Kato_Casa_Wabi_9784991040413_1296x_6f3b4cd0-2f1b-41a9-af25-335e44f05eb9.webp?v=1710018008","url":"https:\/\/storela.perrotin.com\/products\/izumi-kato-mexican-works-in-casa-wabi","provider":"Perrotin Store Los Angeles","version":"1.0","type":"link"}