Representative work by Keiji Usami
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Artist

Keiji Usami

b. 1940, Suita, Osaka, Japan · Based in Fukui, Japan (d. 2012)

  • Self-taught in contemporary painting and philosophical aesthetics
  • Laser Beam Installation
  • Hard-Edge Abstraction
  • Painting

Keiji Usami was an influential Japanese painter and avant-garde theorist who used laser beams, geometric systems, and recurring human silhouettes derived from 1965 Watts riot news photos to examine social relationships and spatial order.

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