YOSHIKAWA motoaki

Two Visions Tomoaki Yoshikawa rearranges the masking tapes used in his production. The masking tape is a part of the painting. However, it can also be seen as an invasion of the surface of the painting as a temporary object that can be removed. The masking tape, with its paint strokes, creates an ex...

Two Visions Tomoaki Yoshikawa rearranges the masking tapes used in his production. The masking tape is a part of the painting. However, it can also be seen as an invasion of the surface of the painting as a temporary object that can be removed. The masking tape, with its paint strokes, creates an expressive representation. It bends in folds. At times, the two tapes joined together create new brush strokes. It is an irregular revolt against the flat surface of the painting, an impulsive improvisation. The simple production method of separating and moving the painted surface is a representation of the contemporary production system. The painting becomes a composition of products and their remnants. The "product" is represented as a "cold abstraction" symbolizing the rational and standardized society. The "residue" is expressed as "hot abstraction" with emotional brush strokes. In Yoshikawa's paintings, two contrasting visions are created from a single production system. This is what makes his work noteworthy. In his work, the artist expresses the correlation between the two visions and the importance of the impulsive improvisation of the "residue.