FFIGURATI #199 Mural
FFIGURATI #199 is a mural on the north wall of 706 N. 11th Street in Aggieville, Manhattan, Kansas. Enrico Isamu Ōyama (seen in the photo above) created it during his residency in Manhattan in October 2017, as part of his first U.S. museum solo exhibition Ubiquitous: Enrico Isamu Ōyama at the Beach Museum of Art. He was assisted by Patricia Melton, K-State BFA ‘17. In the foreground is the artist’s signature form, Quick Turn Structure (QTS), painted with MTN Colors spray paint and assorted caps to control spray rate and line width. Click here for more about the mural.
Exhibition:
Ubiquitous: Enrico Isamu Ōyama
Enrico Isamu Ōyama represents a contemporary generation with a distinctly global perspective. Child of an Italian father and a Japanese mother, Ōyama grew up in Tokyo, Japan, lived for extended periods in North Italy, and has been working in New York since 2011. “Ubiquitous” surveys how Ōyama channeled his interests in Tokyo and American street cultures, Western abstract art, and Japanese calligraphy to create Quick Turn Structure (QTS), his signature expression. Appearing across a wide range of creative platforms, including painting, digital media, sound, and fashion, QTS gives visual form to the mixed-race, multicultural, transnational experiences of people in today’s world of fluid borders and interconnectivity. Click here for more about the exhibition.