Masuru Kurose's Metamorphic Painting
The current exhibition on at Gallery KAI in Kobe by Masuru Kurose titled; Metamorphic Painting is his strongest show so far one has seen and reveals that his developing system of praxis towards
his concept is still changing.
The other issue about the KIA gallery that one
really likes is that it is small, it is not like some vast looking supermarket space with lost looking art on the walls, the gallery owner appears intensely keen to get the artist's
ideas recognized and out there into the societal memory.
So with that being said; it’s thought-provoking
to see how Kurose has moved on from the rectangular frames from his last seen show (prior to this show)
where he painted with acrylic on plastic, and that system of painting has now been replaced with painted
jigsaw shapes, that he will change during the course of this exhibition.
In conversation with Kurose (and as much as
one understood in English and Japanese) he will change the painted jigsaw shapes with a sense of
randomness, giving the exhibition a sense of studio praxis, if one
could call it that, which is very curious because it tends to mean that the
idea of a exhibition in painting is not a cul de sac so to say but opens up more possibilities.
Also in conversation with Kurose he mentioned that acrylic suited his painting praxis
more than any other medium, and that is important to be aware of because of what one can
do with a medium in painting is important in praxis.
This progression in media by Kurose within studio methodology has more impact now and the way he shifts each individual jig saw piece in painting praxis, then joins them with a sense of chance is very appealing because it gives the a really good sense of randomness when the temporary jigsaw pieces come together as a collective whole.
Kurose’s open ended aesthetic horizon is
very enjoyable and to anticipate it changing by going back to the gallery later
during the week is an interesting experiment because the artist appears to be
about an ongoing aesthetic renewal, revealing how art like science can be serious
and fun.
So if you get down to Gallery KAI near Kobe
Motomachi this week the chances are you will see chance happening within the
artworks and it’s a fascinating visual experience.
