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Gallery Itsutsuji (Art work available at the gallery)

Hill House 201, 1-22-30 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0022
Tel: 03-5685-4786 - Fax: 03-5685-4784

Tuesday to Friday 11:00-18:00 - Saturday 11:00-17:00 with appointment

Oil on canvas - Untitled - 180 x 280cm - 2008 ©

After the success of his 2006 exhibition, Guillaume Bottazzi's second solo show at

Gallery Itsutsuji opens on Thursday May the 14th (to June the 20th)

Twenty, mostly large-scale, abstract paintings, where Bottazzi employs a staining technique

to apply transparent pigments directly to the raw canvas. From his vantage point at the forefront

of a contemporary art world marked by intense change, Bottazzi continues to wield classical

techniques in his quest to push the boundaries of abstract painting. His works are a catalyst,

inducing the viewer to embark on a creative journey.

To do this he previously used light to suggest spatial re-creation, he introduces in this

exhibition a sketch quality in the artwork to invite the viewer to expand the painting.

Guillaume Bottazzi is a French artist born in 1971.

He started his professional artist career in 1989 in Italy. Italian art made a profound impression on him

during this period, one that would stay with the painter for the rest of his life. He has lived, worked and exhibited in New York

a few years in early 2000s and later in Tokyo. He is now living in France. Guillaume Bottazzi realized twenty permanent

site-specific art works;he enjoys to put his work in an architectural or urban context.

Yumi Takaishi : Guest Curator

Hill House 201, 1-22-30 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0022
Tel: 03-5685-4786 - Fax: 03-5685-4784

All images copyright of the artist.Those who would like to copy pictures please contact: ADAGP, 11 rue Berryer,

75008 Paris, France - tel. (0033) 01 43 59 09 79, e-mail: adagp@adagp.fr