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Kaoru Mansour
Light and Two Branches

c.2010

$575
£444.29
€513.64
CA$812.52
A$911.29
CHF 477.23
MX$11,073.08
NOK 6,060.01
SEK 5,745.32
DKK 3,834.04

About the Item

This artwork titled "Light and Two Branches" c.2010 is an offset lithograph on paper by Japanese artist Kaoru Mansour, b.1956. It is hand signed and numbered 370/400 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 20 x 22.75 inches, sheet size is 24 x 26.75 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed. About the artist: Kaoru Mansour grew up in a small mountainous village in Japan. She has vivid, early childhood memories of playing with, studying and even eating the tremendous varieties of seasonal plants in the lush forests of Japan. As she began her formal training as an artist at Otis Parsons Art Institute in Los Angeles, the impact of her previous natural surroundings emerged. While her work has evolved over the years, botanical imagery, whether actual or abstracted, has always figured in her work. Mansour’s current body of work connects images of plants with abstract mark making. The artist goes into her physical surroundings to gather plants and flowers - whatever she finds of interest during a particular season. She then transfers images of single specimens onto panels - whether it is a leaf, the whole plant or just a portion of a flower - the image is always simple and solitary. A muted, butter-like background holds the image which is glazed over to form a cracked, raku-like surface - a small gesture to her Japanese heritage. Mansour then draws colored circles and other small ink markings on the panels, enhancing the fundamental beauty of a single branch or stem. These simple, focused pieces elegantly integrate graphic and organic expressions. While the viewer may recognize a particular type of plant or flower, the image is always simplified - a flower stripped of leaves, a stem without its main branch or a sturdy stalk detached from the ground. Her compositions crop those “extraneous” elements from the picture plane to emphasize the abstract beauty and remarkable form of her chosen specimen. Her delicate markings swirl around and attach to the delicate branches, creating new, otherworldly plant forms that are at once astute with their precision and wonderfully whimsical. 2010 Zentica, Museo de Arte La Aduana, Casa del Cuno, San Jose, Costa Rica 2010 Mind Game III, Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2010 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo) 2010 L.A. Artcore, Los Angeles, CA (solo) 2009 Andrew Shire Gallery, Singapore (solo) 2009 Crosscurrent, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum; Maki Masaru Fine Arts; LA Artcore Union Center For the Arts 2009 White, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2008 Inaugural Exhibition, Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA 2008 Summer Group Show, g2 Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2008 Recent Work, g2 Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ (solo) 2006 Recent Work, LMAN Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) 2006 Organic Mixtures, L.A. Artcore Union Center, Los Angeles, CA 2005 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo) 2005 Svenska Mobler, Chicago, IL (solo) 2005 Art Auction XI, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA 2004 10th Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2004 LMAN Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2004 LMan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo) 2004 Svenska Mobler, Chicago, IL (solo) 2004 Nature Fantastique, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2004 Los Angeles County Museum of Art Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2004 Mind Game II, Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2004 J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville, FL 2004 Sunam Gallery, Busan, Korea 2003 Mind Game, Sunam Gallery, Busan, Korea 2003 Iro, Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego, CA (Solo Exhibition) 2003 Iro, LMAN, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA (Solo Exhibition) 2003 9th Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2003 Art Auction X, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA 2003 Japanese & American Exchange Show, L.A. Artcore Center, Los Angeles, CA 2002 8th Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2002 Sep. 11, L.A. Artcore Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA 2002 Two-person show, L.A. Artcore Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA 2001 Kita-Kyusyu Museum of Art, Kita-Kyusyu, Japan 2001 Fukuoka Prefectural Museum, Fukuoka City, Japan 2001 Otto - Galarie, Munchen, Germany 2001 7th Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2001 Art Auction 9, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA 2000 6th Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Selected public collections 1993 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA Art Rental Gallery” CREATE A IMPRESSION OF DAME KIRI TE KANAWA’S VOICE” 1991 Boritzer/Gray Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1990 Main Street Gallery, Alhambra, CA, SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Alpha Group, CA Arizona Hotel & Resort, Arizona Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles, CA Carnival Cruise LineC.B.S.Broadcast Group, Los Angeles, CA David and Lucille Packard Foundation, CA Desert Valley Charitable Foundation, CA Franklin Mint, PennsylvaniaG.J. Cloninger Co., New Jersey Health Net, CA Kawagushi, Tokyo, JapanJustin Winery, Paso Robles, CAKawagushi, Tokyo, JapanKPA & Associate KSG AgencyKSG AgencyLowe Enterprises, Los Angeles, CA Marsh & McLennon, La Jolla, CA N.B.C. Burbank, CA National Acad. of Recording Arts Soc, CA Olympus Camera, N.Y. Oriental Hotel, Kobe Japan Quisenberry & Barnabel, Los Angeles, CA Roll International, CA Seagull Hotel, Yokohama, Japan Saban Entertainment, Burbank, CA Stark Pavilion Production Central, Burbank, CA Prudential Real Estate, Beverly Hills, CA Pfizer Inc. New York, NY Sheraton Grande Hotel, Los Angeles, CA Toyota, Tokyo Japan Tiffany Lendrum Fine Art, L.A. CA DSR design Inc. Los Angeles, CA Philipsborn Designs, Inc, Evanston,IL U.S. Dept. of State, Arlington, VAVenetian Macao Hotel, China Palazzo Hotel, Las Vegas, NV Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago, IL Ritz Carlton Hotel, Laguna, CA The Lumiere Four Seasons Hotel, MO Selected bibliography Voyage LA, September 26, 2019 Crave/art critic Nicole Borgenicht , February,2016KCET ARTBOUND / by Meher McArthur January 4, 2016 Palmspings Life/by Nicole Borgenicht December, 2014 Art Scene/art critic Kathy Zimmerer, May 2010 Los Angeles Times /art critic Leah Ollman, July 28 2006 Fine Art, Thailand, February issue, 2006 flavorpill LA, Jun 2003 Nishi Nippon News, Kitakyusyu, Japan November, 2001LECTURES Collage Artists of America San Diego Mesa College California Institute of the Arts
  • Creator:
    Kaoru Mansour (Japanese)
  • Creation Year:
    c.2010
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 26.75 in (67.95 cm)Depth: 0.01 in (0.26 mm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
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  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    San Francisco, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: man/lig/bra/011stDibs: LU66638385122

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