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Izumi Kato "Dear Human"

Urano
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Artists

Izumi Kato
Kato was born in 1969 in Shimane Prefecture. Having graduated from Musashino Art University, where he studied oil painting, then embarked on a career in art after a blank period of a few years.

He began depicting living beings that are almost primordial-looking, neither fetuses nor larvae. Kato says that "The relationship between the painting and me is an equal one. I do all I can, with everything I have, to make sure it's always fresh." As the shapes that Kato depicts are arranged on the canvas, metamorphosize and begin to take on human form, they appear as though they are floating in amniotic fluid. Sometimes expressed in uncertain colors with no clear boundaries, sometimes in dazzlingly bright colors, Kato's paintings evoke ominousness, endearingness, emptiness, violence, and much else. Beyond all of these, however, lies an intensity that Kato directs at the observer and which can only be described as existence itself.

Commenting on "Dear Humans," the title of this exhibition, Kato says, "Broadly speaking, art exists for humans and is something that humans involve themselves in voluntarily. I'm a human being too, and I'm interested in, have hopes for and expectations of people. It is as if I'm writing a letter to that bundle of beings we call humans." In this exhibition - Kato's first solo exhibition in two years - the organisms and human forms that have been slowly nurtured over the years are now clearly delineated in his paintings and sculptures.

Opening Reception: Saturday, July 14, 18:00 - 20:00

Schedule

Jul 14 (Sat) 2007-Aug 11 (Sat) 2007 

Opening Hours Information

Hours
11:00-18:00
Fridays closing at 20:00
Closed
Monday, Sunday, Holidays
FeeFree
VenueUrano
https://urano.tokyo
Location3F Terrada Art Complex, 1-33-10 Higashi Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0002
Access8 minute walk from Tennozu Isle Station on the Tokyo Monorail or Rinkai line. From JR Shinagawa station, take the Toei bus (towards Yashio Park Town), and get off at Tennouzubashi. The venue is 3 minute walk from there.
Phone03-6433-2303
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