By Katsumi Hayakawa
Located in New York, NY
Katsumi Hayakawa (Japanese, b. 1970)
Spherical Moss, 1999
Oil, galkyd and modeling paste on canvas
64 x 84 x 1 3/4 in.
Signed verso and stamped with artist insignia
Silverstein Gallery label verso
NOTE: Discoloration at right side from 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...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings