Marc Katano: Manner of Speaking

Opening Reception | April 16, 2022 | 3–5 pm

Jack Fischer Gallery is thrilled and honored to show the paintings of Marc Katano. I have wrestled to find words to describe what we might see and feel when we look at these paintings. I think, truly, the work is about the dance that happens when the artist uses the brush as an extension of the heart and soul into movement through the arm onto the medium. Through this, we are gifted clarity of vision coupled with jazz improvisation.

But Katano’s words really say it best: “The basis of my work is the act of inscription. While my compositions are organic in form, they are not intended to emulate nature. Instead, they are inspired by the physicality of human expression, such as the precise motions of Japanese calligraphy. I use the simplest, most natural movements of the hand and arm to reflect the physical activity of mark making.
Each line and form represents nothing more than its own creation, and each piece finds meaning in the harmony of its own structure.”

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