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This series of abstract paintings developed from the graphite drawing series Skyscape.

The central motif is flowing water—an inherently formless and ever-changing presence. In contrast to the orthogonal grids employed by Postwar Modernism to order space and assert flatness, this work reinterprets stylized traditional Japanese water motifs (ryusui-mon, seigaiha, kanzemizu) as a “distorted grid”—a dynamic, organic structure.

 

Here, the fluid motif of water is abstracted on the picture plane into a distorted grid, establishing a solid structure. Working in tandem with the grid, intersecting chromatic layers generate a visceral dynamism—a chaos that expands the structure from within.

MASATSUGU OKADA ARTWORK

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