SOME PAINTERS LIKE PAINT!

By Ofir Dor
// August 31, 2022

TO INDULGE IN…
NOT EVEN AS COLOR OR SHADE,
JUST PAINT, MATERIAL ITSELF.
IT’S PHYSICAL, SENSUAL BEING.

KATSUHIKO’S PAINT CAN GET WOMB-DEEP, LIKE THE COLORFUL EXCREMENTS OF A UNICORN, ADORNED WITH PINK FEATHERS.

THERE IS THE FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH A PAINTER’S OEUVRE.
AN IMPRESSION AS FAST AS LIGHT, THE OVERALL EFFECT OF SOMEBODIES MARK.
A BRAND-NEW SENSATION OF A PERSONALITY, SOMEBODIES INDIVIDUAL PRINT, HIS VOICE.

SOME YEARS AGO I WALKED INTO KATSUHIKO’S STUDIO.
IT WAS AN OPEN STUDIO EVENING IN THE KÜNSTLERHAUS BETHANIEN. BY THE TIME I REACHED KATSUHIKO’S I WAS WELL SATURATED WITH THE LOAD OF DIFFERENT ATTITUDES AND PERSONALITIES, BUT HIS CALLED MY ATTENTION.

IT WAS A REFRESHMENT!

HIS PAINTERLY INTUITION MADE AN INSTANT IMPACT ON ME, CURIOSITY CALLED ME IN.

I TOOK A LONG GOOD LOOK, TAKING THE COLORS, TEXTURES, MOVEMENTS AND SYMBOLS IN, I GRABBED A VISIT CARD FROM THE TABLE KNOWING I’D LOOK IT UP AGAIN.

DURING OUR FIRST CONVERSATION ABOUT HIS PAINTING KATSUHIKO SPOKE ABOUT IT AS AN ACT OF LIBERATION! AS A MANIFESTATION OF THE TRUE NEEDS OF THE SELF AS OPPOSED TO MAIN-STREAM SOCIETIES’ DEMANDS CAUSING IMBALANCES, CREATING MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL DAMAGE.

CERTAIN TENDENCIES FOR ORDER MUST BE TAMED FOR ONE TO STRIVE IN CHAOS.

IT’S ABOUT MANAGING WHAT YOU KNOW AND WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW.

LIFE AND ITS MYSTERIES,
CHAOS,
PASSION,
MEANING,
SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN WHEN YOU CRAWL INTO PAINTING WITHOUT KNOWING!

I WAS VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO PUT UP A SHOW OF KATSUHIKO’S IN FRAMED, AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL ONE!

THE WAY PAINT IS BEING BENT.
THE OVERFLOW OF GESTURES, THE APPEARANCE OF A SYMBOL, A SIGN, UNFAMILIAR YET A CARRIER OF SPECIFIC, WELL-TUNED ENERGY AND MEANING.

KATSUHIKO REFERRED TO HIS PAINTINGS AS CREATURES, AND THEY ARE.