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Artworks
Blackout exemplifies Yokoi’s exploration of tension within a confined format. Dark passages and abrupt interruptions create a fragmented visual field, while areas of color provide moments of release. The composition is built through accumulation and revision, with each layer contributing to its density and complexity. Exhibited at the Martha Jackson Gallery and later at the David Anderson Gallery, the work reflects Yokoi’s early presence within the New York art world.
Copyright The ArtistPhoto: Nina Wallace - Emerald Room | Emerald EditionsExhibited at Martha Jackson Gallery, New York (1960), and later at David Anderson Gallery, New York, Blackout represents a key work from Yokoi’s early New York period. The composition brings...Exhibited at Martha Jackson Gallery, New York (1960), and later at David Anderson Gallery, New York, Blackout represents a key work from Yokoi’s early New York period. The composition brings together gestural abstraction and emerging symbolic structure, with the diamond form appearing in tension against fields of darkened color and layered material.
The work was selected as the cover image for the Kunstmuseum Bern exhibition catalogue in 2020, underscoring its significance within Yokoi’s oeuvre. Held in the collection of the Estate of Teruko Yokoi, Blackout is currently available for institutional placement.
Exhibitions
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 1960 David Anderson Gallery, New York (son and successor of Martha Jackson) Kunstmuseum Bern, 2020Literature
Cover of exhibition catalogue of Kunstmuseum Bern 2020
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