'Strikethroughs' solo exhibition reviewed by ARTWEEK NY

'Strikethroughs' Katsura Okada Solo exhibition
Type: Physical
Country: United States
City: New York City
Venue: ARTIFACT
Categories: Exhibition
Exhibition Type: Contemporary Art
How many artists: 1
How many exhibition works:10 - 19
Date: Wednesday, 6 November 2024 to Saturday, 23 November 2024
Opening: Wednesday, 6 November 2024 - 12:00pm to 6:00pm
Keywords:# painting #contemporaryart #abstraction #landscapes #expressionism

ARTIFACT Gallery is pleased to present welcomes all to the Exhibition of Strikethroughs, a Solo exhibition with new works in mixed media, painting and works on paper that reflects on both simple and complex shape of 'Strikethroughs' defined as many countless delicate lines of Katsura Okada lives in New York. Okada's statement that "Strikethroughs" : Mixed media that I used powdered pigments, SUMI color ink, gold leaf, color pencils, acrylic and handmade Japanese paper. The title of the exhibition, "Strikethroughs, delete lines," may sound negative, but that is not to say that it is ugly or dirty to me at the dispute. I was drawing with a positive image, and I was erasing the forms. It is like moving on to the next thing, as a starting point or a new beginning. First I drew some organic, informel, (in French is informel, in English is informalism) and botanical shapeless forms, then many lines covering and making layers by overlapping several strikethroughs. I used colored pencils, brushes, and then placed the repetition of these layers on the formless forms. Instead of redoing something, I turned it into a spring and used it as a starting point to become the footprints and trajectory that move forward, a starting point or a restart, even slowly or quickly. I tried to draw many such lines in the new series.