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Article: Tsugio Hattori at Reece.(New York, New York)(Review of Exhibitions)(Brief Article)
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- March 1, 1996
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Hattori has had a good deal of commercial success at Reece and other venues over the past decade, but has been largely ignored by the art press. This silence no doubt reflects the fact that as a Japanese artist of slightly esoteric bent, Hattori is something of an outsider to the New York art world, ignoring trends and going his own Zen-inspired way.
The American critical establishment also tends to have trouble with painting done in the lyrical, indeed, downright poetic vein Hattori favors. Although he more often than not structures the work on rectangular grids and respects the two-dimensionality of the picture plane, he also makes reference to Asian calligraphy and ...