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Narcissus, 2021, Oil on canvas, 160 x 120 cm
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Tanzanite, 2021, Oil on canvas, diameter 50 cm
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Ice and Fur, 2021, Oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm
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Sudden Power, 2021, Oil on canvas, 122 x 91.5 cm
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If There Were Stars, 2021, Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm
Exhibition
Recent Paintings by Yumi Katayama, RECONST RUCTING NONSENSE
3 Mar 2022 – 17 Apr 2022
Regular hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 11:00 – 16:00
Timezone: Europe/London
Free admission
Online
- Language: English
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White Conduit Projects showcases Yumi Katayama's recent paintings. Katayama move to London from Tokyo in 1978. These deep experiences subconsciously helped her to form a hybrid of European and Japanese references.
About
Yumi Katayama’s work cannot be immediately understood in the conventional way that we usually look at painting. It is almost as if Katayama uses her diverse style as a steady element - in the same way that colour, shapes, and tones are - instead of style being the result of those elements put together.
Born in Tokyo in 1955, Yumi grew up in Tama district, Kunitachi, where there are two art colleges and where many artists live. During the 1960-70’s Japanese art went through a progressive period alongside movements such as the Salon des Artistes Indépendants, Neo-Dada Group, Japanese Surrealism, and Socio Politico-conceptual artists such as Yoko Ono who was against conventional institutional art.
She decided to leave Japan for London where punk was flourishing at the time, and she started her studies at Chelsea Art School. She found herself immersed in a world of outstanding professors and classmates through her student years at Goldsmith’s College (1979-82), Central School of Art (1982-83), and Royal College of Art (1984-86).
These deep experiences subconsciously helped her to form a hybrid of European and Japanese references.
