galleryIntell - Takesada Matsutani | Hauser & Wirth

"The process of creating a work of art is often laborious, private, very complex, and requires intense and prolonged focus. Rarely do artists invite the audience to witness it. So, when Hauser & Wirth sent out an announcement that Takesada Matsutani, member of the second wave of Gutai artists will be doing a performance at the Upper East Side Gallery, I had to see it. We mingled downstairs, waiting for everyone to arrive and then made our way to the second floor where a camera was set up in front of a large horizontal work that featured a vast field of dense black graphite across the top portion of the suspended white surface. The bottom half was bare and dropped to the floor, waiting to be marked. As artists, critics and collectors gathered in front of the yet-unfinished painting, Matsutani (he goes by his last name) took a wide brush and in one swift, continuous motion made a wide brush mark across the length of the paper surface. And just like that in 30 seconds it was over. The work was complete."
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