ogi was a wonderful guest while he was here.  he also ‘left behind’ this wonderful gift for me.  i owe him one… this is one of the very few original pieces of art i own.

you can talk about how much you love ogi, here.

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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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i’ve had the pleasure of having ogi stay with us while he’s visiting from tokyo.  i am so blessed to have had the chance to discuss with him, the merits and processes behind putting together a great installation.  he is a brilliant cat and his installation at cerasoli:lebasse on the 11th is going to be off the china, for sure.  but not without some hard work and true passion:

i can’t wait to see it all come together.

you can discuss ogi, here.

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