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Ryuichi Ogino Installation for Blender (10.11)

October 9th, 2008 — by Jack in Shows


Ryuichi Ogino better known as Ogi is in town from Tokyo for Blender, the debut group show at the newly transformed Cerasoli : LeBasse gallery. DailyduJour caught up with Ogi as he was working on his mixed-media installation featuring paintings, drawings on paper, an army of his hand-sculpted clay figures and more (expect a multimedia angle with a tv on the floor).

In addition to the installation, Ogi has four large pieces in the show.  This work is a reaction to Takashi Murakami’s  heavily infuential superflat movement.  Ogi explained that superflat is not just about flatness in terms of dimensionality — the removal of highs and lows, but is also about a removal of “context”.  His new work seeks to reaffirm the importance of context by employing ‘mash-up’ techniques to varying degrees.  In the extreme example, Ogi presents three stark contexts — a black panel, a figurative panel and then a colored square pattern panel.

Blender featuring the art of Ryuichi Ogino and several other artists opens this Saturday October 11th @ Cerasol : LeBasse in Culver City, CA.

Cerasoli : LeBasse
8530-B Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232

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5 comments ↓

#1 eric orr on 10.09.08 at 8:44 am

Good Luck! @ the opening.

#2 fanster on 10.09.08 at 9:01 pm

This looks like a different version of what’s on his website. I like it a lot so far.

#3 Dave on 10.10.08 at 7:24 am

Nice work OGI …… nice to see 3D work form you, really translates well ! If ever interested in showing in Denver again .. hit me up

#4 Popwhore 08 » Ryuichi Ogino A.k.a Ogi @ Blender on 10.10.08 at 11:08 am

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#5 Ryuichi Ogino’s Handmade Toys at Cerasoli:LeBasse Gallery | ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected on 10.10.08 at 11:46 am

[...] Ryuichi Ogino, aka Ogi, who was born in Tokyo, educated in the Bay Area and is now back in Japan. The Daily Du Jour art blog has photos of Ogi installing his art for Blender and mentions that it is informed by Takshi [...]

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