PAST EXHIBITION

Ralph Iwamoto: Fifty Years of Painting

January 5, 2008—February 16, 2008

Born in Hawaii in 1927, and a long-time resident of New York City, Ralph Iwamoto was an eyewitness to both the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the events of 9/11.  This may partly explain his attraction to abstraction – the work is an escape from the anxieties of the real world, and explores the sublime pleasure of a perfect line, or the higher consciousness of complex mathematical concepts.  Over the decades Iwamoto has moved from organic forms, muted colors, and elements from traditional Japanese art; to pure explorations of geometric and analytical concepts, culminating in the “quar-octagon” paintings in black and white.   Iwamoto has exhibited regularly since 1948, and his work is in the collection of a number of major museums.

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