Raised in Japan and living in LA since the ‘70s, Takako Yamaguchi melds Japanese and Western art in richly decorative paintings that sample from kimono textiles as readily as Art Nouveau aesthetics. Large works from the ‘80s, now on view in Tribeca at Ortuzar Projects, picture landscapes that include European-derived architecture and geometric structures in isometric perspective alongside a stylized representation of the natural world. Dominating all are shapes the gallery describes as sperm-like, undulating and spreading across the surface of the artwork as if to “inseminate the past with futures then unknown.” (On view in Tribeca through May 31st).
