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The Japanese artist Izumi Kato has his first solo exhibition in the U.S. at Galerie Perrotin<\/a>, in New York, through February 27. Eschewing\u00a0brushwork, Kato, forty-six, paints directly with his hands, rubbing the colors deep into the canvas; he wears latex gloves to protect his skin\u00a0from the toxic oil paints and sometimes makes use of a spatula. His work, at once atavistic and endearing, features vaguely humanoid figures with penetrating gazes. More recently, he\u2019s turned to sculpture, using camphor wood and a soft vinyl called\u00a0<\/em>sofub to bring his creatures into the third dimension<\/em>. See more of his work at Artnet News<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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