Jacob Hashimoto's Vibrant Sculptural Installations at Solo Exhibition.

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Stepping into the Miles McEnery Gallery for Jacob Hashimoto's eponymous solo exhibition feels less like entering a traditional art space and more like walking onto a stage where the very fundamentals of theatrical design are being joyfully deconstructed and reimagined. Hashimoto, a modern maestro of material and space, conducts a symphony of form and color, fracturing the elements of painting with such deftness that his work transcends the canvas to become something profoundly architectural and immersive.His signature creations, vast installations built from thousands of intricately layered paper kites, bamboo, and string, hang in a delicate, gravity-defying ballet. Each element, a tiny painted canvas in its own right, contributes to a larger, breathtaking composition that shifts and breathes with the viewer's movement, much like the dynamic sets of a great stage production where perspective is everything.The riot of color is not merely decorative; it’s narrative. Think of the vibrant, chaotic energy of a *Gesamtkunstwerk*—a total work of art—where every disk of color plays a role akin to a member of a chorus, individual yet part of a harmonious whole.This is where his work connects to a rich legacy of artists who challenged the flat picture plane, from the optical vibrations of Op Art to the sprawling, room-sized environments of Yayoi Kusama. Hashimoto’s method is painstakingly hands-on, a craft-intensive process that echoes the backstage workshops of Broadway, where countless hours are spent on details the audience may never individually notice but collectively feel.He draws from a deep well of influences, including the layered landscapes of traditional Japanese woodblock prints and the dizzying data-scapes of the digital age, creating a visual language that is both timeless and utterly contemporary. The result is an experience that is both deeply painterly, concerned with color theory and composition, and fundamentally architectural, dictating the flow and feel of the space it occupies. It’s a performance in three dimensions, a static explosion held in perfect tension, inviting you to not just see, but to walk through the painting itself, to become part of the scene, if only for a moment.

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