Hasegawa Masaaki

Through painting, artists can explore fantastic, surreal or abstract worlds that can go beyond the limitations of physical reality. They can create imaginary landscapes, fantastical creatures, dreamlike atmospheres and unique settings. Painting allows them to express and bring to life concepts, emotions, and visions that can challenge the norms and conventions of the real world In addition, painting can also depict inner worlds, emotions, and moods that are not easily represented by words or other artistic means. Artists can use painting as a form of personal exploration and communication, creating works that reflect the complexity of the human mind and inner experiences. Painting offers artists the freedom to experiment and invent, to combine different elements and to transform reality in unique ways. Through their creativity, artists can bring to life imaginary worlds that offer new perspectives, inspiration and possibilities for exploration for both themselves and the viewing public.

Hasegawa Masaaki

combines art's ability to express emotions through images with the merit of constructing new worlds and new realities Solid universes, characterized by large flat backgrounds juxtaposed side by side What the artist achieves are flashes of vivid new realities characterized by vibrant colors. Yet, these new universes cannot be materially touched. They cannot be experienced and perceived. Rather, these representations of new worlds are the visual reproduction of concepts that are difficult to explain in words or deeds. And, to Masaaki's rescue comes art, which, with its inherent expressiveness and endless color possibilities, helps the artist express what verbally is not possible. And so it is that in " 快 感 , " a moment is depicted, an instant during which a pleasant feeling is experienced. Indeed, it is hard to explain this concept in words, and yet, through art, its meaning becomes immediate Long parallelepipeds are arranged in a radial pattern and are coming toward us They all converge at a single point that is almost in the center of the work The movement, triggered by the perspective that Masaaki implements within the composition, the use of solid and opaque red and yellow pigments, help to create this pleasurable sensation that literally invests us, obscuring for a single moment our contact with the rest of the world. Painting is called to the service of representing abstract elements, sensations, and perceptions, and "破壊" is perhaps the most striking example. There are many examples of destruction. In fact, they are endless. There are powerful and blatant destructions, while others are silent. Still others are so severe and destructive as to be almost impossible to imagine Here, too, the word does not come to our rescue to explain such a varied and richly nuanced term But Masaaki, through art, gives us the purest and simplest representation of destruction through the pure use of color and form. Geometric shapes pile on top of each other, resembling the outlines of a city. Everything seems normal, everything seems peaceful. Yet, we glimpse a gash. The left corner of the composition is torn and gives a glimpse of the once colorful parallelepiped silhouettes. Now, everything is monochromatic, everything is black and white. Only the skeletons of what could previously be considered "life" remain. Masaaki appeals to painting to explore what is difficult to explain with other languages, managing to create direct, precise works with great expressive impact.

Art Curator Lisa Galletti