NEW ART | NEW YEAR 2021 TOBIN OHASHI GALLERY JANUARY 15 - FEBRUARY 15
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Dear Friends: As we begin our second year in Okinawa we wish you all the best for a happy and healthy new year. We are proud to present our catalog for our first exhibition of 2021: New Year | New Art 2021. As before, this exhibition is entirely on-line and you can see the available works in this catalog. We have included works from our gallery artists as well as new arrivals from artists we have recently discovered. There is art designed to bring balance and harmony as well as art with a paired-back aesthetic or patterned motif. There are also works to add a splash of color to your walls. There is art for inspiration and art that has pushed boundaries and shaped the development of culture worldwide. Please enjoy exploring the works by artists like Zhu Wei, Takashi Murakami, Thongchai Yukantapornpong, Haruna Tokumatsu, Jun Ogata, Hengki Koentjoro, Jonas Wood and many more. If you’d like to choose something from this catalog or have any questions, just email us at info@tobinohashi.com We can easily arrange shipping to most locations. As always, we are glad to provide more information about any of these works and answer your questions. Here’s to a happy, healthy and creative 2021.
Bob Tobin and Hitoshi Ohashi Tobin Ohashi Gallery tobinohashi.com info@tobinohashi.com
NEW ART | NEW YEAR 2021 ZHU WEI
NEW ART | NEW YEAR 2021 ZHU WEI
A perfect print for celebrating 2021. 1.
Woodcut #2 [Bull]. Custom Framed Size: 110 cm x 100 cm Edition: 10/20 Year: 2003 Signed by Artist with edition number
￥600,000 | $5700 USD
Gallery artist Zhu Wei [朱偉︱朱伟] is one of China’s most visible contemporary practitioners of the post-Tiananmen period. Zhu is known for his subtly quizzical critique of politics and society in a rapidly evolving China. Faithful to that country’s quintessentially classical artistic medium, Chinese painting, the Beijing-born-and-based Zhu is a painter, print-maker and sculptor. His work has achieved iconic status. In most of his works, his vision often seems anguished and alienated, personal and political at the same time.
NEW ART | NEW YEAR ZHU WEI 2.
Woodcut [Fish]. Custom Framed Size: 114 cm x 102 cm Edition: 3 A/P Year: 2003 Signed by Artist with edition number
600,000 | $5700 USD Gallery artist Zhu Wei was born in Beijing in 1966. As a teenager, Zhu entered the military. His soldiering days ended when he was admitted to the People's Liberation Army Art Academy, finishing in 1989. After a few years of painting propaganda art for the motherland, his unit was demobilized in 1992. In the following year he went to study at the Beijing Academy of Film. His works are widely collected in museums in Europe, the United States, and Asia. We also have this beautiful print about a utopia we hope to realize in 2021
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Utopia 57 84 cm x 74 cm Custom Framed Open Edition Signed by Artist with A/P
160,000 | $1520 USD
NEW ART | NEW YEAR 2021 JUN OGATA
A tranquil painting for turbulent times. The paintings of gallery artist Jun Ogata are based on the Japanese gardens that he has visited and photographed throughout Japan. You will notice the delicate Japanese traditional natural colors including the color of flower petals, reflections in a pond, and the leaves turning colors in these paintings. Jun cites Japanese and European traditional painters and "Sakuteiki", the oldest book on Japanese gardening, as very strong influences on his work. Jun's paintings give us a feeling of peace, relaxation and beauty. Jun has had numerous exhibitions in Tokyo, NY and Singapore. He was recently selected to represented Japan in the The Exhibition of Finest Art Works From Representative Asian Artists sponsored by the Vietnamese government. 4. Jun Ogata, “Green Pond”, Acrylic on Canvas. ￥350,000 | $3350 USD. 18in x 15 in.
NEW ART | NEW YEAR 2021 T S E W E N G TA S H I [ T I B E T ]
Born in 1963 in Lhasa, Tsewang Tashi is one of the best known artists in Tibet. He is the founding member of the Gedun Choephel Artists' Guild. In 1984 he graduated from the Fine Arts department of the Central University for National Minorities in Beijing. He also completed a Master's degree in Art from the National College of Art and Design in Norway and is currently Associate Professor at the Arts department of Tibet University. This print is of a young activist.
His works have been exhibited in international museums and galleries, and he has published papers pertaining to Tibetan art education and painting. Tsewang Tashi uses his physical environment, real people and contemporary life as a source of inspiration. He avoids incorporating certain elements in his work that would perpetuate the myth of Tibet as Shangri-La and believes that contemporary art cannot be created when contemporary life is ignored. 5.
Untitled #3 Signed by Artist with Edition Number Edition 16/30 Silkscreen Varnished Print Size: 101 cm. x 99 cm. Framed
180,000 | $1700 USD
NEW ART | NEW YEAR 2021 JONAS WOOD 6.
JONAS WOOD Offset Lithograph Poster Unsigned Large Shelf Still Life Pots Plant 23 in. x 23 in. Limited Edition
￥120,000 | $1100 USD In his boldly colored, graphic works—including paintings, drawings, and prints—Jonas Wood combines art historical references with images of the objects, interiors, and people that comprise the fabric of his life. Translating the three-dimensional world around him into flat color and line, he confounds expectations of scale and vantage point. Born in Boston, Wood attended the University of Washington, Seattle, where he received an MFA in painting and drawing in 2002. Wood currently shares a studio with artist Shio Kusaka, his wife since 2002, and the pair often work in tandem, motifs migrating from Kusaka’s ceramic vessels to Wood’s paintings and back again.
NEW ART | NEW YEAR 2021 JONAS WOOD
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JONAS WOOD Silkscreen Print
￥360,000 $3400 USD 51 cm. x 36 cm. Edition of 300
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JONAS WOOD Silkscreen Print 28 in. x 23 in. Edition of 200
￥380,000 | $3600 USD
NEW ART | NEW YEAR 2021 NENGAH SUJENA The paintings of gallery artist Nengah Sujena are both gentle and powerful He was born in 1976, grew up in the agrarian region of Bangli, Bali and traveled to complete his studies in art at ISI Yogyakarta on 2005. He is from a family of farmers and stone sculptors. Some of his notable achievements are Finalist of Philip Morris Art Awards (1998), Big Five of Nokia Art Awards, Merit Awards of Asia Pacific Nokia Art Awards, and Big Ten of Pratisara Affandi Adi Karya. His works explore the relationship between people and nature. Many of his works feature elephants as examples of strength. All works are signed, and framed with natural wood frame. 9.
Elephant in Mountains Acrylic on Canvas 60 cm. x 50cm. Unique work, Framed
97,000 | $920 USD 10. Baby Elephant Acrylic on Canvas. 60 cm. x 50 cm. Unique work, Framed
97,000 | $920 USD
NEW ART | NEW YEAR 2021 KIMBERLY WITHAM 11. Tulipomania Edition of 5, Framed, Signed on Rear 60 cm. x 50cm. [Print]. 70 x 52 cm Framed Framed. ￥290,000 | $2750 USD
A beautiful photo that mirrors the cycle of life. Recent discovery Kimberly Witham is a New Jersey based photographer whose work investigates the intersections between the human and natural worlds. Her work has been featured in Color Magazine, PHOTO+ Magazine, BLOW, and Wired (online) and has been used as cover illustration for books in the US and France. Her photographs have been shown in solo and group exhibitions in the United States and abroad and are held in numerous private collections. Tulipomania is part of a series which is a very personal meditation on beauty, fecundity, fragility and the inevitable march of time. “The visual language of these images is borrowed from classical Dutch still life painting .The materials used in her images including these tulips are all culled from my surroundings. The flowers and vegetables are from her garden. “ The ephemeral nature of my subject matter requires me to work only with what is available on any given day".
NEW ART | NEW YEAR 2021 HARUNA TOKIMATSU
Gallery favorite Haruna Tokumatsu is a graduate of Tama Art University, She has exhibited throughout Japan and is known for her works that provide comical insight into life in Japan. 12. Cosmic Me
13. Friends
60 cm. x 50cm Framed
35 cm. x 46 cm. Framed.
￥160,000 | $1500 USD
￥160,000 | $1500 USD
Ink and Color Pencil
Pencil and Watercolor
NEW ART | NEW YEAR 2021 TA K A S H I M U R A K A M I
NEW ART | NEW YEAR 2021
TAKASHI MURAKAMI Takashi Murakami is one of Japan’s best known artists He was born in 1962 in Tokyo, Japan. His colorful and joyous prints bring the feeling of Japan into your space. He studied at Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan, where he received his B.F.A. in 1986, M.F.A. in 1988, and P.h.D. in 1993. He founded the Hiropon factory in Tokyo in 1996, which later evolved into Kaikai Kiki, an art production and art management corporation. In addition to the production and marketing of Murakami's art and related work, Kaikai Kiki functions as a supportive environment for the fostering of emerging artists.
14. Enso The Heart 4 color offset lithograph with spot varnishing 680 x 680 mm sheet size Edition 300 Signed and numbered lower right
￥320,000 | $305 USD
A lightning rod of cultural dichotomies, Takashi Murakami believes the artist to be one who perceives and bridges the borders between worlds. Combining refined classical painting techniques with a supercharged mix of Pop, animé, and otaku imagery in his distinctive “Superflat” style, Murakami moves freely within an everexpanding field of aesthetic issues and cultural inspirations.
NEW ART | NEW YEAR 2021
TAKASHI MURAKAMI ENSO SERIES
15. Agama
16. Earthly Desires
17. Tranquility
These works are from the popular Enso Series from Takashi Murakami. The ensō symbolizes absolute enlightenment, strength, elegance, the universe, and mu (the void). It is characterized by a minimalism born of Japanese aesthetics. Drawing ensō is a disciplined-creative practice of Japanese ink painting, sumi-e. The tools and mechanics of drawing the ensō are the same as those used in traditional Japanese calligraphy:When the circle is closed, it represents perfection. Usually, a person draws the ensō in one fluid, expressive stroke. This spiritual practice of drawing ensō or writing Japanese calligraphy for self-realization is called hitsuzendō. Each print is a 4 color offset lithograph with spot varnishing. 680 x 680 mm sheet size. Edition 300. Signed and numbered. ￥320,000 | $305 USD
NEW ART | NEW YEAR 2021 TAKASHI MURAKAMI KORIN SERIES
18. Dark Matter ￥350,000 | $330USD
19. Time of Celebration ￥350,000 | $330 USD
20. Pure White [Framed] ￥390,000 | $370 USD
The Korin prints from Takashi Murakami include many examples of Murakami’s iconography. The works pay tribute to Ogata Kōrin who was a Japanese painter, lacquerer and designer of the Rinpa school. Kōrin is best known for his byōbu folding screens, such as Irises and Red and White Plum Blossoms, and his paintings on ceramics and lacquerware. Also a prolific designer, he worked with a variety of decorative and practical objects, such as round fans, makie writing boxes or inrō medicine cases. These works are offset lithographs with cold foil stamp and high gloss varnishing on UV paper hand signed by Takashi Murakami Edition of 300 Print Size: 72 x 76. 5 cm
NEW ART | NEW YEAR 2021 TAKASHI MURAKAMI KORIN SERIES
21. Left: Wildflowers Glowing In the Night. 22. Center: Azure River. 23. Right: Stellar River in The Heavens These round Korin works are all signed by the artist, lower right with edition number. ï¿¥320,000 | $305 USD Edition of 300. Multi-color lithograph with spot-varnishing. 71 cm diameter.
NEW ART | NEW YEAR 2021 YAKSA AGUS
“Hello Doktor” Series, paintings for these times of masking. Perfect reminder to wear a mask. Yaksa Agus was born in 1975 and graduated 1991 from the Fine art High School (SMSR) in Yogyakarta and 1996 from the Indonesian Institute of Art (ISI) in Yogyakarta. He has very strong views on the world and particular issues concerning Indonesia. These paintings were created in thanks to the work of doctors. Many of his paintings portray Indonesian politics, traditional family values and the way human beings think and feel. 24. Top: 25. Bottom:
Hello Doktor #1 Hello Doktor # 2
These paintings are oil on canvas signed by the artist Size: 60.0 x 50.0 cm ￥75,000 each | $710 USD
NEW ART | NEW YEAR 2021 MASAKO KAMIYA
Masako Kamiya Painting Close-Up Details
NEW ART NEW YEAR 2021 MASAKO KAMIYA
26. “Orion”
27. “Breath”
Gallery artist Masako Kamiya is a recipient of the Brother Thomas Fellowship in 2015 and the Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship in Painting in 2006 and 2010. She is a professor in Painting & Foundation Department at Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Massachusetts. In her painting, she engages in a dialogue with paint. Her statement is composed of each dot she makes with the brush. She works intimately on the surface, and yet she also moves away from the surface in order to see how the layers of mark-making negate earlier marks and reveal a new form. In this way, she slowly arrives at her own truth, which is visual satisfaction. Her paintings are made with gouache on watercolor paper. She builds up dots of color into half-inch, stalactite-like columns with rich variations in color layers. From a distance the painting is a series of dots, which create larger patterns toward a uniformed center. When observed more closely the third dimension is revealed, a forest of multicolored columns. The surface is dense. Colors on the flat surface of the paper react with the colors on the surface of each stalk when perceived closely.
28. “Spirite Jaune”
These are signed works on paper and framed in a white box frame. Framed Size: 60cm x 49cm ￥390,000 | $3800 USD
NEW ART NEW YEAR 2021 THONGCHAI YUKANTAPORNPONG
Gallery favorite Thongchai Yukantapornpong creates art with order and patterns as the bases for his search for pure form. In his work you can see overlapping patterns of line and color in a geometric arrangement with a luminous surface. What is revealed is beauty in the balance between opposing things - between light and dark, movement and stillness, and the creation and disintegration of forms. Ultimately his art is an expression of the distinctly Asian belief in
the truth of the cycle of life and death. 29. “Emalgation”
Thongchai is an associate professor of art at Chiang Mai University in Thailand. His inspiration has roots in many areas including the textiles and clothing worn to the temples. His works reflect the beautiful patterns and colors of Chiang Mai textiles. Thongchai has adopted the same attractive geometric shapes and often includes metallooking colors such as silver.
Custom Framed 62 x 62 cm Signed with Edition Number ￥90,000 | $720 USD
30. “Magnetic Field III Custom Framed 66 x 66cm Signed with Edition Number ￥100,000 | $950 USD
NEW ART | NEW YEAR 2021 XINGJIAN GAO A print by an artist who is also a Nobel Prize Winner. A renown screen writer and critic of his native China and a French citizen today, Xingjian Gao has enjoyed a unique career highlighted by a Nobel Prize award for literature. Xingjian Gao showed promise in art at an early age, but went to the Beijing Foreign Studies University for college. He graduated from the French department there, but it would be many years before he started to gain recognition for his art. His later works at the theater, such as The Primitive (1985) and The Other Shore (1986), were critical of Chinese's Communist government policies. One of his biggest works, the political drama Fugitives (1989) which was published in France, made reference to student protests at Tiananmen Square that year. 31. Title: S/T. Signed by artist with edition number Lithograph, Framed Size: 160,000. $1500 USD
NEW ART | NEW YEAR 2021 HENGKI KOENTJORO
Gallery artist Hengki Koentjoro has achieved worldwide recognition for his black and white photography. He’s the winner of multiple international awards and has exhibited in France, Netherlands, California, NY, Indonesia and Japan. He is a Hasselblad Prize Winner and now serves as a Hasselblad Ambassador. All works are signed, edition of 15, framed and 21 in x 21 in. 210,000 | $2000 USD 32. Dunes 33. Blossoms 34. Four Horsemen
NEW ART | NEW YEAR 2021
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