AYA TAKANO's Ethereal Dreamscapes Head to Perrotin Los Angeles

Summary

• Perrotin Los Angeles will open how deep how far we can go, a new solo exhibition by acclaimed Japanese Superflat artist AYA TAKANO, open through July 19 through August 29.
• Presenting a new body of paintings, installations and drawings the upcoming show will build on the artist’s fascination with spirituality, biological interconnectedness and ancestral histories.

Later this month, Perrotin Los Angeles will open its doors to how deep how far we can go, a new exhibition by renowned Japanese artist AYA TAKANO. A name synonymous with the dreamy, manga-inspired spirit of the Superflat movement, TAKANO is one of the few names on the roster of Kaikai Kiki Co., playing a pivotal role in the meteoric rise of the Murakami-founded art movement.

The upcoming showcase beautifully builds on the artist’s previous explorations of biological interconnectedness, ancestral consciousness and the cross-species connection. In this latest body of work, composed of new paintings installations and drawings, her blushing androgynous forms sit beside animals, ancient DNA strands and fungi — gentle-eyed, glowing and alive with shared breath.

“What I try to depict in my work is an invitation to a more organic, interconnected and harmonious world,” she explained. “A place not centered around humans alone, but one that honors the radiance of all life.”

With humans are no longer at the center, TAKANO revels in a dream of mutual becoming — with every organism rich in its capacity for “spiritual depth and radical tenderness.” Wrapped in celestial fields of color, symbolic figures and otherworldly encounters, how deep how far we can go stands as a luminous reminder of what we are, and everything we’re still becoming.

As French novelist Michaël Ferrier describes, in this space, “suddenly, animals are not wild beasts, but companions in a shared metamorphosis. Wolves, lions and leopards are painted in profile like figures from a prehistoric fresco – not fierce or menacing, but soft, sentient and noble. TAKANO’s brush lingers not on claws or fangs, but on fur and gaze.”

The exhibition will open in Los Angeles on July 19 and will remain open through August 29. For more information about how deep how far we can go, check out the gallery’s website.

Perrotin Los Angeles
5036 W Pico Blvd,
Los Angeles, CA 90019