Masaki Okuten

ARTWORKS

ARTWORK_1

Broken Flower

2021

Oil, Acrylic canvas on panel

H100 × W80.3 cm

ARTWORK_2

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

2021

Oil, Acrylic canvas on panel

H100 × W80.3 cm

ARTWORK_3

Straw Dogs

2021

Oil, Acrylic canvas on panel

H72.7 × W60.6 cm

ARTWORK_4

Chew #2

2021

Oil, Acrylic canvas on panel

H53 × W45.5 cm

PROFILE

Masaki Okuten works on expressions that people can touch with a universal sense broader than the range interpreted by art history.

The deformed works give a sense of presence and materiality like a foreign object, which also serves to allow the viewer to dive into the painting space free from the rectangular field.

The artist states, “I felt the primitive lines in the graffiti of children under five years old.” He places the graffiti of children, and makes it appear as a white line from the deepest part of the painting to the forefront by masking. The reason for this process, according to the artist, is that “before drawing materials were created, lines were like ruts and scratches, and it is natural for lines to be uneven.”

The artist’s works are like portraits which only people’s existence is burned on. This is a manifestation of the artist’s desire to have the traces of others depicted in his works be seen in a highly pure state. In his series of works, the artist has taken the approach of erasing his own existence from his works, but there are still traces and signs of his life in them.

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EXIHIBITIONS

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