CLEAR EDITION & GALLERY is proud to announce MADSAKI’s solo exhibition“In Be- tween“. From his last solo (painting) exhibition which took place in our former place in 2009 (entitled“ALL I DREAM ABOUT IS SUNSEX / PAINTING“ ), his new series of paint- ings awaiting to be launched in“In Between“ have been through dramatic but neces- sary changes.

The distinct expression of MADSAKI was nourished through the various cultures he has been involved in or even created. After graduating from Parsons (NY) and earning a BFA in Fine arts, he took a step away from the art world working as a Bicycle Messenger rushing through the busy streets of NY. His encounter with David Ellis, and joining the Barnstormers marked a re-start in his professional career as an artist. From sharp ab- stract paintings to monotone and linear, his works have been changing and evolving time to time.

MADSAKI’s interpretation of his new keyword“dissonance” resulted in a completely new usage of curves and colors never seen previously. Despite of his previous“SUN- SEX”series where his intention was to erase his brush strokes to create compositions of symbolic forms in a monotone and linear manner, his new venture turns out to be completely the opposite. Full with his newfound enjoyment towards paintings, the works that will be shown in“In Between“ will also be an expression of exploding free- dom from the rules he imposed himself in his previous works.

As MADSAKI explains, the change in his style and the“scene”which he portrays through his new works come straight from the influence of various changes in life, along with a procedure of reaffirming the meaning of painting within himself.

What lies“In Between”him and his works, is the true passion and the power which “art”beholds, pulling him back to this unavoidable industry where dissonance and harmony coexist. This time enjoying it with an attitude never like before.