Japanese Artist Creates Through Deconstruction
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Ryosuke Hachiya
The Art People gallery at San Francisco’s Crocker Galleria, 50 Post St., is presenting a show titled “Persephone.” One of the artists featured is Ryosuke Hachiya, a Japanese student studying in San Francisco, whose background is as unique as the pieces he creates.
Hachiya, who is originally from Yokohama City in Kanagawa Prefecture, graduated from high school in Arizona and then moved to New York to go to college. He was originally a chemistry major but along the way he decided to pursue his love of art and began studying it.
In the process, he came to the realization that the goal of expanding his artistic talents in a structured educational institution was problematic.
Hachiya decided to study art on his own and focused on the concept of “deconstructive existentialism,” the breaking down of an object to see what is really there. He left school and worked in Thailand and now he is back in San Francisco, expanding upon his artistic concept of deconstruction.
Hachiya describes his deconstructive style as being destructive in a way, in that he frees himself from the constraints of “the classics” by breaking them down. He likens this to viewing a model of the human body without the skin, doing away with the outer layers to see directly what lies beneath.
Despite his desire to do away with the classics, Hachiya professes a deep admiration for a wide range of masters, including Dali, Munch, Klimt, Picasso, and Matisse.
The oil paintings of this creative Japanese artist are scheduled to be displayed until Sunday, Aug. 31.
Other artists featured at the exhibit include Soto, a Bay Area artist who creates wall-hanging assemblages from old car parts, and Norman De Carlo, a sculptor who also works in feature films and television projects.
The exhibit is on the second floor of the Crocker Galleria, #41, and the gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and closed Sunday. For more information, visit www.artpeople.net, e-mail info@artpeople.net, or call (415) 956-3650.