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Kazuki Takamatsu’s “The Way to Release from the Restraint” at Corey Helford Gallery.

Opening January 12th, 2019 at Corey Helford Gallery in Los Angeles, California is artist Kazuki Takamatsu’s masterful solo exhibition entitled, “The Way to Release from the Restraint.”

Takamatsu explains his ideas behind this body of work: “There are rules and restraints in life.  These rules define the group law that we must keep, they define how various types of people live together.” “This group of new paintings is based on my participation in a group, an art organization in Japan that was created 100 years before me.  I joined when I was young and energetic and became the leader of the group.  But they expected too much of me and soon I had no time for my work.  The question came: do the rules of the organization override the instincts of art?  Do I need to sacrifice my dream for them?  Most of the leading members of the organization are over eighty years old.  They see the importance of rules from a different generational perspective.” “I am very close to them and appreciative of them.  But I knew that to do my work, I had to escape them.  They are like family and wish the best for me, yet I had to leave the organization to win my life.  This story applies to society, company, lovers, friends, family, and generation.  Most restraint is of goodwill and meant to compose a world in which people live comfortably.  Especially in Japan, where people want to live the same as others and it is difficult to live or have an idea different from others.  The meaning of this work is ‘Come on!  Go for freedom!’  It is the thought in which I created these works as I experienced the mixed emotions of the need to create and understanding the purpose of restraint.  I have made no compromise with these works.”

The exhibition will be on view until February 16th, 2019 and if you’re in the Los Angeles area it should absolutely sought out for your viewing pleasure.

Aykut Aydogdu, New Work.

Exquisite recent digital paintings from artist Aykut Aydogdu (Previously on Supersonic Art).

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Relm, Paintings.

Absolutely gorgeous, exceptional paintings by artist Relm who currently lives and works in Canada.

Victor Grasso, Recent Work.

Fantastically gorgeous recent paintings by artist Victor Grasso (Previously on Supersonic Art) from a series entitled “Anchorless.”

Jake Grewal, Paintings.

Exceptionally dreamy paintings by artist Jake Grewal that are meant to push forward, as Grewal says, “the notion that nothing is truly natural anymore as man has touched every aspect of the landscape.  I see my works as fictitious predictions of an aftermath or uncanny dystopian realities.”