Combining creativity and inspirations to create the image of technology, Japanese artist Katsumi Hayakawa creates the central theme of “gravity, and anti-gravity” for this exhibition. Nou Gallery is featuring several pieces of the artist's graphic works including, large-scale art installation – “Floating City”.

Exploring the notion of urban density and the natural collection of architecture, Japanese artist Katsumi Hayakawa creates three-dimensional landscapes out of paper and glue. The finished pieces are initially read as a whole - a pulsating arrangement of regular shapes and volume - then as an assemblage of individual components that builds the holistic sculpture. Together, systems of patterns and motifs emerge from the collective. Painstakingly handcrafting piece by piece, Hayakawa plays with the compositional idea of void vs. solid in the careful presentation of his work. While examining the impression of architectural density, the pieces maintain the elegant nature of the material at hand.

Katsumi Hayakawa was born in 1970, and he currently lives and works in Japan. He had solo exhibitions in New York, Tokyo and Singapore. All of his works are well acclaimed throughout the world. Many companies share a great passion for his works, such as Louis Vuitton, U.S. Department of State, United States Target, Royal Bank of Scotland, Coriolis multi-national industrial groups and other well-known institutions.

-Nou Gallery

Image: © Katsumi Hayakawa