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Yuriko Lochan is more evocative in her smaller, monochromatic works
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Yuriko's paintings are meticulously executed and skilfully rendered.
OSAKA-BORN Yuriko Lochan had her art education in Kyoto City University of Arts, Japan. She has made India her home for more than 15 years. Expectedly, her unique experiences and encounters in her adopted country have helped transform some traditional concepts and motifs on to the images. "Yuriko Lochan is a sensitive landscapist," writes Ella Datta. "Her encounters with the overwhelming beauties of nature are absorbed, mulled over and then turned into sublime images."
Yuriko's paintings are meticulously executed and skilfully rendered. They have a gentle allure and graceful association. A warm tone and pleasant feel are discernible in the stylised renderings of natural scenes, be they the undulating mountains, placid lakes or swirling waves. Celestial objects such as the sun, the stars, and in particular, the different phases of the moon seem to have a special attraction to the artist, who also suffuses her paintings with soft symbols such as the lotus buds, lean stalks and expansive leaves.
Despite the skill and competence, Yuriko's works also betray an excessive dependence on decorative embellishments. Persistent use of pleasant colours and charming symbols cause a sort of monotony in several works. The lines — which move smoothly to delineate amiable forms, patterns and designs only — seem to enhance the effect of ornamentation.
Repetitive
One also detects repetitiveness in form and theme. Structurally too, the use of diptych or triptych format in every one of her paintings tends to put a restrictive load on some works. All these often suppress the possibilities of creating a meaningful visual statement and become the cause for no more than a sweet monologue.
Contrastingly, Yuriko's smaller, monochromatic works seem to be more evocative, thanks to the deft handling of strokes and free use of space.
Yuriko's solo exhibition, The World, currently on at the Time and Space Gallery, concludes today.
ATHREYA
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