Charcoal and Thread
Mary Hrbacek, Takashi Iwasaki
Jul 06, 2010 – Aug 11, 2010
Kamidaredentou
16 in x 16 in
embroidery on fabric
Elliott Louis Gallery joins this year's Drawn Festival with a two-person exhibition that
brings together iconic charcoal drawings of trees by New York artist Mary Hrbacek and
the whimsically surreal drawings in thread by Winnipeg's Takashi Iwasaki.
To Mary Hrbacek a tree is a thing of spiritual sustenance and renewal. Her trees endowed
with human-like qualities become the embodiment of mankind's condition: the rising sap
is the spirit of life, sexuality and regeneration, the barren winter branches and broken
limbs foretell of immanent ecological disaster, disease and death. Hrbacek's trees exert a
powerful emotional influence.
The biomorphic forms and imaginative abstractions that Takashi Iwasaki has envisioned
demonstrate a light-hearted playful sense of humor and optimism. With an intense use of
color, fanciful shapes, and a wide array of media, Iwasaki has created a body of
provocative work using pencil, paint, collage and embroidery that is overflowing with
imagination, intense beauty, and elegance.
While stylistically and thematically diverse both Hrbacek and Iwasaki create works with
the belief that art can exist as the most powerful and most beautiful medium of human
communication.
Curated by Lynn Ruscheinsky.
A Secret
38 in x 30 in
acrylic on linen
$2840 USD
Bone Structure
42 in x 30 in
charcoal on paper
$2600 USD
Craigofficeisudezainalunsmith
14 in x 14 in
embroidery thread on canvas
$1960 USD
Densentodatnokatachi
14 in x 14 in
embroidery thread on canvas
$1960 USD
Eiseiearkazaris
16 in x 16 in
embroidery thread on canvas
$2560 USD
Gingerman
30 in x 22 in
charcoal on paper
$2650 USD
Gracehanamafimimikazari
7.5 in x 10 in
coloured pencil on paper
$520 USD
Horse Sense
30 in x 22 in
charcoal on paper
$2650 USD
Hutagodespe
10 in x 7.5 in
coloured pencil on paper
$520 USD
Hydrokaihatsusite
10 in x 7.5 in
coloured pencil on paper
$520 USD
Inspiyoyeegassaku
14 in x 14 in
embroidery thread on twill
Jikabicofhoshigrapscon
30 in x 30 in
acrylic on canvas
$3000 USD
Kneknesokuteiki
10 in x 7.5 in
coloured pencil on paper
$520 USD
Koresroomnaisoushoku
7.5 in x 10 in
coloured pencil on paper
$520 USD
Korokorocreamyuge
10 in x 7.5 in
coloured pencil on paper
$520 USD
Master of the Universe
30 in x 22 in
charcoal on paper
$2650 USD
Medihakonakami
30 in x 30 in
acrylic on canvas
$3000 USD
Midoriyaamehatzga
12 in x 12 in
embroidery on fabric
$1050 USD
Minotogetenti
14 in x 14 in
embroidery thread on twill
$1960 USD
Moitieikealight
14 in x 14 in
embroidery thread on canvas
Monster
30 in x 22 in
charcoal on paper
$2710 USD
Moving On III
30 in x 22 in
charcoal on paper
$2710 USD
Moving Up
30 in x 22 in
charcoal on paper
$2710 USD
Muchudespe
10 in x 7.5 in
coloured pencil on paper
$520 USD
Multi-faceted
30 in x 22 in
charcoal on paper
$2650 USD
Noamlampprezboten
10 in x 7.5 in
coloured pencil on paper
$520 USD
Open Heart
39 in x 30 in
charcoal on paper
$2600 USD
Pinapinatamashiihasukozuchi
18 in x 18 in
embroidery on fabric
$2300 USD
Portuguese
39 in x 30 in
charcoal on paper
$2600
Sauceireminidenkikasa
10 in x 7.5 in
coloured pencil on paper
$520 USD
Sharpenkunshimetsukegram
10 in x 7.5 in
coloured pencil on paper
$520 USD
Split Decision
44 in x 40 in
acrylic on linen
$3080 USD
Split Decision
30 in x 22 in
charcoal on paper
$2650 USD
Suieiy
14 in x 14 in
embroidery thread on twill
Tetsumaniieiga
10 in x 7.5 in
coloured pencil on paper
$520 USD
Tobidashihon
30 in x 30 in
acrylic on canvas
$3000 USD
Torso
30 in x 22 in
charcoal on paper
$2710 USD
Yumenoleddiningshoumei
7.5 in x 10 in
coloured pencil on paper
$520 USD