 
Japanese painter and graphic designer Reiko Sakai delves into Impressionist legends and brashly colorful symbolism. Her work bears certain musical, expressive qualities that may be owing to the subtle influence of her mother, a piano teacher. This gives many of her acrylic compositions a moving, swelling resonance. She deploys colors with a gentle, Impressionist application style that makes even the boldest tones rounded and soft. Her subjects, whether landscapes or mythological animals, evoke epic allegorical themes that are bolstered by an audacious aesthetic and a stunning color palette.
Cool blues and greens bubble around fiery reds, oranges and purples, the whole lit by spectacular sun and starlight effects that Sakai conveys with uncanny brilliance. Her work never spills over into empty spectacle, though. Each canvas flirts with a certain degree of abstraction, where sinuous strands of color and expressive brushstrokes take on an iconic power beyond the works’ figurative subjects. Floating between mythic and literal subjects, Sakai’s mesmerizing colors and style are the stuff of legend.
Matrix of the Mind: Contemporary Fine Art by Japanese Artists
Reception:
Thursday March 4, 2010 6-8 PM
Exhibition Dates:
2/26/2010 - 3/19/2010
Invitation to
Reiko Sakai's exhibition
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Heaven and Earth
Acrylic
Limited Edition of 8
45" x 38"
$3600
Heaven and Earth
Acrylic
Limited Edition of 8
45" x 38"
$3600
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Dragon
Acrylic
24" x 29"
$2800
Dragon
Acrylic
24" x 29"
$2800
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It's My Soul
Acrylic
Limited Edition of 8
45" x 38"
$3600
It's My Soul
Acrylic
Limited Edition of 8
45" x 38"
$3600
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Fireworks
Acrylic
29" x 24"
$2800
Fireworks
Acrylic
29" x 24"
$2800
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