1. MAKOTO SAITO
(born in Fukuoka, Japan, lives andworks inTokyo)
Makoto Saito,one of the world’spreeminentgraphicdesigners,transformedhiscareerand
became an artistfive yearsagowitha soloexhibitionatthe 21st
CenturyMuseumof
Contemporary ArtinKanazawa,Japan. He had hisfirstAmericanexhibitionof paintingsatPaul
KasminGalleryinthe fall of 2012. Saito dramaticallydistortshissubjects—mostrecentlyportraits
of classicfilmmakersandiconicimagesfromtheirfilms—bycreatingseeminglymulti-layered,
miniature poolsof colorthatblurthe image’soriginaloutline. Thisghostlyblurringresemblesthe
imprecise waythatimagesare storedandrecalledfromunconsciousmemory.
In hisinterviewinthe catalogue thataccompaniedSaito’sexhibitionatthe 21st
CenturyMuseum
of ContemporaryArt,the artistsaid,“I’mgoingto see thingsfrommyownangle,however
distorted,andshowoccasional excerptsalongthe way.Thatmightmeanfilmclips,butwhatI’m
reallyseeingare scenessteepedinhumansocial interaction. AsIsaidbefore,societytoday
constitutesasingle threadof digital andnatural elements,andIcan’ttell whichside I’mstanding
on,back or front.What I’mthinkingnow is,Iwouldlike toexpressnotjustthe prettysurface of
things,butalsothe internalizeduglypartsaswell.”
Saito’sworkhas alsobeenexhibitedatTomioKoyamaGalleryinTokyo;the Museumof Modern
Art, NewYork,USA,The VictoriaandAlbertMuseum, England,The National Museumof Modern
Art, Tokyo,Japan;21st
CenturyMuseumof ContemporaryArt,Kanazawa,Japanandthe San
FranciscoMuseumof ModernArt.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014
"FascinatedTimes,"8ART GALLERY / TOMIO KOYOMA GALLERY, Tokyo
2012
"Face to Face/Composition,"PAULKASMIN GALLERY,New York
2011
Like NectarAttractingBees,TOMIO KOYAMA GALLERY, Tokyo
2008
"Makoto Saito:Scene [0],"21ST CENTURY MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARYART, Kanazawa,Japan
2003
"Makoto Saito— The TokioGraphism,"MUSEUM FUR KUNST UND GEWERBE, Hamburg
http://www.paulkasmingallery.com/artists/makoto-saito
![MAKOTO SAITO
(born in Fukuoka, Japan, lives andworks inTokyo)
Makoto Saito,one of the world’spreeminentgraphicdesigners,transformedhiscareerand
became an artistfive yearsagowitha soloexhibitionatthe 21st
CenturyMuseumof
Contemporary ArtinKanazawa,Japan. He had hisfirstAmericanexhibitionof paintingsatPaul
KasminGalleryinthe fall of 2012. Saito dramaticallydistortshissubjects—mostrecentlyportraits
of classicfilmmakersandiconicimagesfromtheirfilms—bycreatingseeminglymulti-layered,
miniature poolsof colorthatblurthe image’soriginaloutline. Thisghostlyblurringresemblesthe
imprecise waythatimagesare storedandrecalledfromunconsciousmemory.
In hisinterviewinthe catalogue thataccompaniedSaito’sexhibitionatthe 21st
CenturyMuseum
of ContemporaryArt,the artistsaid,“I’mgoingto see thingsfrommyownangle,however
distorted,andshowoccasional excerptsalongthe way.Thatmightmeanfilmclips,butwhatI’m
reallyseeingare scenessteepedinhumansocial interaction. AsIsaidbefore,societytoday
constitutesasingle threadof digital andnatural elements,andIcan’ttell whichside I’mstanding
on,back or front.What I’mthinkingnow is,Iwouldlike toexpressnotjustthe prettysurface of
things,butalsothe internalizeduglypartsaswell.”
Saito’sworkhas alsobeenexhibitedatTomioKoyamaGalleryinTokyo;the Museumof Modern
Art, NewYork,USA,The VictoriaandAlbertMuseum, England,The National Museumof Modern
Art, Tokyo,Japan;21st
CenturyMuseumof ContemporaryArt,Kanazawa,Japanandthe San
FranciscoMuseumof ModernArt.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014
"FascinatedTimes,"8ART GALLERY / TOMIO KOYOMA GALLERY, Tokyo
2012
"Face to Face/Composition,"PAULKASMIN GALLERY,New York
2011
Like NectarAttractingBees,TOMIO KOYAMA GALLERY, Tokyo
2008
"Makoto Saito:Scene [0],"21ST CENTURY MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARYART, Kanazawa,Japan
2003
"Makoto Saito— The TokioGraphism,"MUSEUM FUR KUNST UND GEWERBE, Hamburg
http://www.paulkasmingallery.com/artists/makoto-saito](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/makotosaito-151104020715-lva1-app6892/85/Makoto-saito-1-320.jpg)
