K. KOBAYASHI
I REMEMBER WHEN…
September 9 – October 16, 2021
Lola Shepard is pleased to announce I REMEMBER WHEN…, an online solo exhibition featuring works on paper by emerging Japanese artist K. KOBAYASHI. This is Kobayashi’s first solo exhibition in New York City. The online presentation will be viewable to the public beginning on September 9, 2021 at 11:00 AM. The exhibition will be highlighted on the website from September 9 – October 16, 2021.
I REMEMBER WHEN… features 15 works on paper created this year by K. Kobayashi. Kobayashi’s painting style merges aspects of Color Field painting and abstract expressionism with Shodo, an artistic form of Japanese calligraphy writing. Employing acrylic, graphite, and ink, the densely packed, stirring compositions incorporate gestural sweeps of color with the swooping, fluid lines of the calligraphic script.
Guided by her memories, Kobayashi endeavors to preserve the quintessence of her experiences onto paper. Working instinctively, the artist explores the range of possibilities offered by her paints. Straddling between a color palette of vibrant hues from cobalt blue and bumblebee yellow to the more subdued tones of black and grey, the compact imagery appears frenzied and unconstrained. Yet these multi-layered, acrylic compositions are confined within a boxed-in area, accentuating the separation between paint and ground.
K. Kobayashi was born in Nagoya, Japan and grew up in Tokyo. She holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL and a Bachelor of Arts from Queens College, CUNY, New York City, NY and has been included in several group exhibitions at Queens College.
