NEW YORK, NY – Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Masaoki Mitsutake in Summer Idyll. The exhibition opens June 27 and runs through July 17, 2019 with an opening reception on Thursday, June 27 from 6-8 pm. Any art lover who enjoys thought-provoking artworks and meeting talented and interesting artists is encouraged to attend.

About the Artist 

Masaoki Mitsutake is a Japanese painter whose work attempts to escape the bounds of a particular style or classification. Aiming for the blurry middle ground between abstraction and concrete figurative work, Mitsutake employs a plethora of techniques in each of his series, ranging from non-objective abstract pieces that make use of heavily impastoed paint to explore the interaction of texture and color, to daubed or roughly painted portraits that seem more concerned with capturing the essence of the subject than an exact likeness.

Mitsutake’s portraits, which comprise a large amount of his oeuvre, are exceptionally expressive displays of emotion. Wielding a powerful faculty for color, he is able to summon the contours of a portrait out of the background to whatever degree he pleases, with some appearing only subtly from within the dense cascade of brushstrokes he creates.

Exhibition Dates: June 27 – July 17, 2019

Reception: Thursday, June 27, 2019 6-8 PM

Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat 11:00am – 6:00pm 

Gallery Location: 530 West 25th Street, New York, NY 

Event URL: https://www.agora-gallery.com/Exhibition/Summer_6_27_2019-Artist-Masaoki_Mitsutake.aspx

Featured Artists:

Avi Shankar Ain | Muhanned al Badrawy | Monel Aliote | Hezekiah Baker Jr. | Helen E. Becker | Andrea Braunfeld | Eric Carter | Kamal Elfeki | Carol Kavish | YeonSoo Kim | Julius L. Meyer | Kristina Arntz | Rosemery Torres | Masaoki Mitsutake | Stefano Puleo | Di Taylor | Tiffany Reid | Diana Wunsch | Marily

About Agora Gallery

Agora Gallery is a contemporary fine art gallery located in the heart of Chelsea’s fine art district in New York. Established in 1984, Agora Gallery specializes in connecting art dealers and collectors with national and international artists. The art gallery’s expert consultants are available to assist corporate and private clients in procuring original artwork to meet their organization’s specific needs and budget requirements. With a strong online presence and popular online gallery, ARTmine, coupled with the spacious and elegant physical gallery space, the work of our talented artists, who work in diverse media and styles, can receive the attention it deserves. Over the years Agora Gallery has sponsored and catered to special events aimed at fostering social awareness and promoting the use of art to help those in need.