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KAZ
OSHIRO
© Kaz
Oshiro/Saatchi Gallery UK
Kaz
Oshiro is a master of deception. His works posit
ordinary objects with a humble simplicity. Washing
machines, kitchen cabinets, stereo speakers, and
trashcans are presented with mundane matter-of-fact-ness
? bland commercial components, bearing the marks
of their habitual use. Oshiro’s forms, however,
are not usual household appliances: they are actually
three dimensional hyperrealist paintings. Each
of Oshiro’s works is assembled from stretched
canvas, expertly faux finished and adorned with
real fixtures such as handles and decals. Through
openings in the back of each work, Oshiro reveals
the secret of their making.
In
combining sculpture and painting, Oshiro considers
his work as dissociated from both disciplines.
Instead he describes his practice as “postmodern
photography”, creating provocative instances
of perception which simultaneously confuse and
expose artifice and reality. Equally influenced
by Minimalism and Pop art, Oshiro uses these references
to reinterpret the traditional genre of still-life.
Like 17th century paintings of flowers and fruit,
Oshiro’s contemporary emblems of status
symbol and commodity invoke a transitory mysticism
in their contrived illusion. In replicating the
quotidian, Oshiro conjures a magic in the in the
experience of everyday banality.
Washer/ Dryer #3 2005 Acrylic and
bondo on stretched canvas 109.2 x 68.6 x 71.1
cm (Dryer) 109.2 x 68.6 x 71.1 cm
©
Kaz Oshiro/Saatchi Gallery UK
©
Kaz
Oshiro/Saatchi Gallery UK
Wall Cabinet #10 2006 Acrylic on stretched canvas
76.2 x 76.2 x 30.5 cm
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KAZ
OSHIRO
© Kaz
Oshiro/Saatchi Gallery UK
Published
with permission - Saatchi Gallery UK -
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/kaz_oshiro.htm?section_name=shape_of_things
