Sono Osato
Babylon: The Buried Language Series
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Sono Osato opens an exhibition of new paintings, Babylon: The Buried Language Series, at Brian Gross Fine Art on March 5, with a reception for the artist from 5:30-7:30 pm. Osato’s work embodies ideas connecting language, archaeology and geology. A combination of encaustic, oil painting, drawing and assemblage, the visual elements create rhythms of movement and texture. The exhibition will be on view through April 25, 2009.Echoing historic layers of ancient texts and shifting geographical strata with thick layers of paint, Osato’s previously heavily painted surfaces give way to a more open approach. In Niniveh, a large triptych measuring 64 by 143 inches, hundreds of small, reclaimed objects attached to panel create a visual polyphony, like remnant hieroglyphics. Mining parts from vintage typewriters and computer parts, Osato recontextualizes the metal hardware into compositions as though archaeological detritus. Merging and emerging from the real objects, silhouettes...
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