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KAZ OSHIRO (JAPANESE/AMERICAN B. 1967)UNTITLED PAINTING (BLUE PEARL/DUST) Acrylic on canvas laid to board Signed, titled, inscribed and dated (verso)86.5 x 61cm (34 x 24 in.)UnframedProvenance:Miami Gallery LLC, Miami Acquired from the above in 2010An innovative artist whose practice straddles painting and sculpture, Kaz Oshiro is based in Los Angeles. Oshiro is represented by Galerie Frank Elbaz; he has exhibited at the Royal Academy, Hammer Museum, and LACMA. Oshiro's œuvre is largely comprised of realistic everyday objects, such as amplifiers and dumpsters, which he has constructed and painted to resemble their functional counterparts. This trompe-lʼœil artifice reveals itself only upon approach, however, as it emerges that the artist has stitched together various canvases to give the impression of a solid object. While initially inspired by the hyperrealism of such artists as Richard Estes, Oshiro's later works reflect profound spatial awareness and an abstract sensibility. His folded pictures, such as Untitled Still Life, transform a traditionally two-dimensional medium into a sculptural decorative statement. Drawing on the visual languages of minimalism and abstract expressionism, Untitled Painting (blue pearl/dust) interacts impactfully with its exhibition space. It is as if the firmament has descended upon the viewer, glistering as they move around it.