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Diana Shi
October 24, 2016
The disarray of modern life takes shape in levitating planetary masses created from outdated appliances and junkyard fodder. They hover above litter-ridden cities in Japanese artist Masakatsu Sashie‘s realist paintings, which tackle the maddening detritus we live with. His visions of oversized spheres, shedding old air conditioning units and TV sets, serve as a necessary reminder of the amount of waste humanity produces. The series depicting a dilapidated post-modern world is titled External Effect.
The collection of hyper-detailed paintings is currently at Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New York City. In the show’s description, Sashie cites the Nobel Prize Winner, Konrad Lorenz, as one his sources of inspirations. Lorenz’s 1949 book King Solomon’s Ring: New Light on Animal Ways describes the scientific conditions necessary to create a “balanced aquarium.” Sashie’s paintings allude to this idea of environmental equilibrium and the search of harmony in a world of excessive provocations.
Like many artists who reference personal history for their art, Sashie reflects on his life growing up in a small town in Japan—a contrast to his urban-set paintings—when creating External Effect. His hometown Kanazawa is described by the artist a
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The painting above typifies the work of Masakatsu Sashie. I read a bunch of articles to see what other people think of this work, but, ultimately there’s a danger in fixing an interpretation to it, in which case the art becomes an illustration of an idea, or worse, a useful prop or visual aid for someone’s propaganda. Once people ascribe a meaning to a painting, they can stop looking. It reminds me of a story of the Buddha refusing to answer the question of whether or not there is life after death. Supposedly he said that people would just accept his answer, close the book, and go on as if he’d stated the weather. So he didn’t say. Thus, I recommend just taking in a few of Sashie’s works first, without attempting to interpret them, that is, to access them through the eyes before filtering them via the intellect. It’s OK for art to be beautiful, and I’d notice how beautiful this image is.
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What I think these paintings are is F’ing cool! You could say “bitchin'” or “bad-ass”. They don’t need to be making a political point in order to be relevant. Art is its own relevance, and it’s not easy to make something cool. Some will feel compelled to validate the