'Secret Longings' by Kazuki Takamatsu, 2023
Original show card from their group exhibit with artist's including Brandi Milne, Camilla D'Errico, Herakut, Hikari Shimoda, HUSH and many more.
Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2024.
5.5 x 8.5 Inches
14 x 21.6 Centimeters
8.5 x 11 x 0.8 Inches (framed)
Offset lithograph print on white cardstock.
Show details printed on reverse.
Open Edition (Sold Out).
*Note: Float-framed in UV glass with black (or white) MDF frame molding.
ARTIST BIO
Kazuki Takamatsu’s surrealistic paintings feature ghostly, doll-like figures rendered in exquisite black and white linework. A graduate of Tohoku University of Art and Design, Takamatsu closely follows Japanese subcultures, drawing inspiration from the aesthetics of manga cartoons. He blends digital rendering techniques with careful hand illustration, combining acrylic, gouache, and giclèe on tarpaulin to create compositions that show young women in intimate poses. The resulting images have garnered him tens of thousands of fans on Instagram. First mapped out on a computer to achieve realistic shadows and depth, his figures probe human emotion while reflecting on modern societal conditions in Japan.