Abstracted photographs of Katsuhiro Saiki

Katsuhiro Saiki, "DIVIDE #1", 2003
C-prints mounted to plexiglas
48 x 23 7/8 inches (121.9 x 60.6 cm) each of 3 panels
48 x 71 5/8 inches (121.9 x 181.8 cm) overall
"DIVIDE #2", 2003
C-prints mounted to plexiglas
48 x 23 7/8 inches (121.9 x 60.6 cm) each of 3 panels
48 x 71 5/8 inches (121.9 x 181.8 cm) overall
"DOUBLE" (installation view), 2001
C-print mounted to plexiglas
35 3/8 x 70 7/8 inches
"DOUBLE", 2001
C-print mounted to plexiglas
35 3/8 x 70 7/8 inches


There is a pleasant abstraction to these photographs that references paintings, like the wax and covered pieces of Brice Marden:

Brice Marden, "Grove IV". 1976, Oil and Wax on Canvas, two panels, 72x108 overall

and these photos also bring to mind the palindrome mountain paintings of Ed Ruscha: