The gallery bestowed the paintings of artist Ryo Toyonaga’s most recent work, Mindscapes. Toyonaga is a post modernist painter that is influenced by his dreams and sub-conscious. Throughout the gallery, I noticed that most of his work reflected creatures living in a different world. He captures this sort of imaginary by using vivid usage of bright colors and shadings to get his point across. It is said that “Toyonaga “sees” the images fixed in his mind before he captures the images on his paint brush. These images slowly evolve as he works.” The painting at the exhibit that stood out to me the most was Untitled C-14 (2012). The second I laid eyes on this painting I automatically thought about a bowl of spaghetti. I don’t really know why this thought crossed my mind. I guess I was a little bit hungry while I was viewing this particular painting. Outside of the painting resembling a bowl of spaghetti, I also like the detail Toyonaga adds to this image. Although, it seemed as simple as a bowl of spaghetti to me, a deeper meaning, one that I’m not very sure of, possibly can be drawn from the painting. I had a great time studying Ryo Toyonaga’s perspective on a different world and how he captures this world through his paintings.
Untitled C-14 (2012)
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