Utilizing an adapted version of the 19th Century Japanese ‘Bokashi’ technique of woodblock printing, Hamanaka creates colorful grid gradients, abstracting ideas of craft, the natural world and design. The exhibition opens Saturday, August 3, 2024 from 3-5p and is on view through September 29, 2024.
a solo presentation of works by Takuji Hamanaka
August 3 - September 29, 2024
Opening Reception: August 3, 2024, 3-5p
Geary is pleased to present a solo presentation of collaged woodblock prints by Brooklyn artist, Takuji Hamanaka.
Works
a solo presentation of works by Takuji Hamanaka
Takuji Hamanaka
Totem, 2023
Cut and pasted Gampi paper laminated woodblock printed papers, mounted on museum board
32 x 25½ in.
a solo presentation of works by Takuji Hamanaka
Takuji Hamanaka
Totem, 2023
Cut and pasted Gampi paper laminated woodblock printed papers, mounted on museum board
32 x 25½ in.
a solo presentation of works by Takuji Hamanaka
Takuji Hamanaka
Tower, 2023
Cut and pasted woodblock printed papers, mounted on museum board
32 x 25½ in.
a solo presentation of works by Takuji Hamanaka
Takuji Hamanaka
Tower, 2023
Cut and pasted woodblock printed papers, mounted on museum board
32 x 25½ in.
a solo presentation of works by Takuji Hamanaka
Takuji Hamanaka
Mountain Stream, 2022
Cut and pasted woodblock-printed papers, mounted on museum board
32 x 25½ in.
a solo presentation of works by Takuji Hamanaka
Takuji Hamanaka
Mountain Stream, 2022
Cut and pasted woodblock-printed papers, mounted on museum board
32 x 25½ in.
a solo presentation of works by Takuji Hamanaka
Takuji Hamanaka
Formation, 2023
Cut and pasted Gampi paper laminated woodblock printed papers, mounted on museum board
32 x 25½ in.
a solo presentation of works by Takuji Hamanaka
Takuji Hamanaka
Formation, 2023
Cut and pasted Gampi paper laminated woodblock printed papers, mounted on museum board
32 x 25½ in.
a solo presentation of works by Takuji Hamanaka
Takuji Hamanaka
Morning Music, 2023
Cut and pasted woodblock printed papers, mounted on museum board
32 x 25½ in.
a solo presentation of works by Takuji Hamanaka
Takuji Hamanaka
Morning Music, 2023
Cut and pasted woodblock printed papers, mounted on museum board
32 x 25½ in.
a solo presentation of works by Takuji Hamanaka
Takuji Hamanaka
Downpour, 2022
Cut and pasted Gampi paper laminated woodblock printed papers, mounted on museum board
32 x 25½ in.
a solo presentation of works by Takuji Hamanaka
Takuji Hamanaka
Downpour, 2022
Cut and pasted Gampi paper laminated woodblock printed papers, mounted on museum board
32 x 25½ in.
a solo presentation of works by Takuji Hamanaka
Takuji Hamanaka
Tower, 2023
Cut and pasted woodblock printed papers, mounted on museum board
32 x 25½ in.
a solo presentation of works by Takuji Hamanaka
Takuji Hamanaka
Tower, 2023
Cut and pasted woodblock printed papers, mounted on museum board
32 x 25½ in.
Takuji Hamanaka was born in Hokkaido, Japan, in 1968 and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
His works are included in the collections of the Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, the Fleming Museum, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, the New York Presbyterian Hospital, Fidelity Investments Corporate Art Collection, the Soho House Art Collection, and Sumitomo Corporation, New York, NY, among others. Recent group exhibitions include ‘View Files: Music as Image and Metaphor,’ Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY, The Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA, and OHR-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS, ‘Here and Now,’ The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ, and ‘Pulled in Brooklyn,’ International Print Center, New York, NY. His works have been reviewed in The New Yorker (Fateman) and Hyperallergic (Yau). Solo exhibitions include Kristen Lorello, NY, cfSHE Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, and Owen James Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, among others.