Japanese born and
classically trained, Masami Teraoka left for America in the 1960s where his deep
understanding of Japanese traditions was to combine with Western modernism. His
watercolours and woodblock prints invoked the Japanese Ukiyo-e tradition of
beauty and faultless craftsmanship, but his interest in social commentary and
the globalisation of culture saw him create work which is elegantly witty and
candidly ironic. His recent paintings are consumed with an elegant grandeur in
which personal, political and religious conduct is presented like fantastic
allegories of the Northern Renaissance. They have all the passion and torment
of his European precursors but are unambiguously of our time. Teraoka has
exhibited and been collected internationally, and is the subject of widely
published articles. Ascending Chaos: The Art of Masami Teraoka 1966-2006 was
published in 2007. His exhibition with New Albion Gallery is rare and
important; it is a retrospective and includes work from his formative years to
the present.
23 May - 16 June 2012 at
the New Albion Gallery, Australia. Opening reception on
Wednesday 23 May from 6 to 8pm. Presentation of Teraoka's work by Doug Hall AM,
in the presence of the artist, please RSVP to Adam Sims on 02 9287 0609 or
email adam@newalbiongallery.com
New Albion Gallery, 55 Oxford Street,
Surry Hills NSW 2010, Australia.
phone +61 2 9287 0609, fax
+61 2 9287 0611.
adam@newalbiongallery.com
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