2.02.2012

artist spotlight: Katsumi Hayakawa






Adding green in the corner to symbolize a tree is a lovely touch to the rather overbuilt city. To me, this piece is reminiscent of an urban neighborhood lacking nature. Sad, but very very true.   



Japanese-born, New York-based artist Katsumi Hayakawa constructs densely layered sculptures that resemble, rather than replicate, overbuilt cityscapes. Hayakawa erects boxes of varying heights along a grid, leaving voids in the volumes that create another level of complexity. Instead of reading as individual 
buildings, the structures form an abstract composition.

I absolutely love the precision of his cuts as well as the way each purposely placed piece comes together to 
create the big picture - a complex, geometric world. 

all images via Katsumi Hayakawa

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