Our main man in Japan, Ryuichi Ogino just opened a show at AMP Gallery in Tokyo pushing his ideas of critical thinking and pushing us to think about the next level of the “Superflat” movement. Besides the deep context to Ogi’s work, they flat out look spectacular…especially for the graphic design set.

Keep an eye out for more from Ogi as we expect to have him back in LA sooner than later.

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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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