The Nevada Museum of Art shows Paintings by Takako Yamaguchi
Reno, NV – The Nevada Museum of Art is pleased to present So-Called Laws of Nature: Paintings by Takako Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi’s enigmatic environmental landscape paintings portray dramatic weather conditions and atmospheric phenomena that are sometimes peculiar and unsettling, but always beautiful to behold. Although her depictions of churning oceans, fiery molten lava, and swirling storm clouds seem to assert the fickleness and unpredictability of a mighty and all-powerful nature, it is Yamaguchi herself who maintains ultimate control of the spectacular world she invites us to enter. So-Called Laws of Nature: Paintings by Takako Yamaguchi will be on display in the NMA’s Installation Gallery from April 21 through August 12, 2007.
Yamaguchi uses oil, acrylic and bronze leaf on paper to create the simultaneous order and chaos in So-Called Laws of Nature. Yamaguchi mixes paint and powdered metal pigments and spills them across a paper etched with horizontal and vertical lines. This mixture pools into an image that reads half explosion, half unexplored landmass and is surrounded by quirky pictorial representations, landscapes and seascapes.
Born and raised in Japan, Yamaguchi received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine and her Master’s degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Yamaguchi has resided in the U.S. for over thirty years and now lives and works in Santa Monica, California.
So-Called Laws of Nature: Paintings by Takako Yamaguchi is presented as part of the NMA’s Art + Environment exhibition series, an initiative that brings community, artists, and scholars together to explore the interaction between people and their environments.
The Nevada Museum of Art, Donald W. Reynolds Center for the Visual Arts, E. L. Wiegand Gallery is located at 160 West Liberty Street in downtown Reno. The galleries are open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm, late on Thursdays until 8 pm; closed Mondays and national holidays. Admission: free for NMA members; $10 adults, $8 students/seniors. For more information, please call 775.329.3333 or visit www.nevadaart.org.