Back to the Beach - New paintings by Rikki Kasso
Mallorca From October 1, 2021 to September 29, 2022
After spending years in Byron Bay, Australia, Rikki Kasso is currently based on the West Coast of the United States. The self-taught art director, photographer and multi-disciplinary visual artist had left his native New York City for Tokyo in 2003 on an invite from VOGUE JAPAN to host a retrospective of his works at the Rocket Gallery, Omotesando. He then spend the next nine years in Shibuya, Tokyo, immersed in the unique and ancient Japanese culture which not only influenced his art making practices but permeated its way through his entire being.
Perhaps the greatest mark that Japanese culture made upon Kasso’s work was his discovery and appropriation of traditional Japanese Sumi ink and brush stroke techniques. Sumi ink is created using a method which has changed little over the last 2,000 years and its history is deeply rooted in Zen Buddhism. Kasso fuses the western style of impressionist painting with the delicate accuracy of an asian calligrapher in a unique and contemporary adaptation.
'My works represent my fascination with; isolation in crowded environments, the subtleties of sexuality in humans and nature, and the pure sincerity of voyeuristic love. For me art is isolation, when we take something from its natural environment and put it on display, whether it’s a canvas from the studio or a flower from the field we define beauty in its isolation. At the same time isolation is an emotion or a feeling. Contemplating love is perceived as an isolating moment of blissful confusion.' Rikki Kasso
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Binissalem
07350, Mallorca
Spain
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Rikki Kasso
United States
Exhibitions in Mallorca
Retrospect Galleries
Lost in Paradise - New paintings by Rikki Kasso
From February 28, 2022 to August 30, 2022
Retrospect Galleries
Mecánica del Accidente (The Mechanics of the Accident) - New Paintings by Cristobal Anwandter
From September 29, 2021 to January 29, 2022
Retrospect Galleries
Retrospect Galleries at the Semana Profesional del Arte, Oviedo, Spain
From June 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021
Retrospect Galleries
A New Metropolis - New Sculptures by Paco Raphael
From February 26, 2021 to April 30, 2021
Retrospect Galleries
Memory Portraits
From February 26, 2021 to July 29, 2021
Retrospect Galleries
Dones d'Aigua (Water Women)
From September 25, 2020 to August 28, 2021
Retrospect Galleries
Sweet Temptations 2022
From March 1, 2022 to December 1, 2022