"Hashimoto's pieces range from multilayered wall works to large-scale, site-specific installations made with hundreds-sometimes thousands-of paper-and-bamboo discs inspired by kites. Screen-printed with acrylic, they're coated in vibrant colors and patterns that almost vibrate when layered with lengths of string, pulled taut between a system of pegs or suspended from the ceiling. The artist's eponymous solo exhibition, opening this week at Miles McEnery Gallery, highlights his continued interest in "reframing the brushstroke as a modular unit," says a statement."
"Each translucent disc is meticulously arranged in a multifaceted composition in which various motifs billow, branch, and blend through several layers. Uniting the individual components into an overall structure, we get the sense that intuition guides the arrangement, yet set parameters-not unlike the edges of a canvas-ultimately determine the placement. On the same token, the continuity and pixel-like quality of the discs suggest they are planned well in advance."
Jacob Hashimoto creates mixed-media works that blur two- and three-dimensional boundaries by combining painting, printmaking, sculpture, craft, and installation. He constructs multilayered wall pieces and vast site-specific installations from hundreds to thousands of screen-printed paper-and-bamboo discs inspired by kites. The translucent discs are coated in vibrant acrylic colors and arranged with taut strings, pegs, or suspension to produce pixel-like, vibrating patterns. Hashimoto treats the brushstroke as a modular unit, arranging discs through intuition within defined edges while planning large-scale layouts using 3D computer modeling for precision. An exhibition at Miles McEnery Gallery runs October 30 through December 20 in New York City.
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