Strange Days
12 X 16 inches
oil on panel
Strange Days
12 X 16 inches
oil on panel
Hashimoto Contemporary will be exhibiting my new artwork at the Art Market San Francisco, April 21 - 24, 2022. I hope that you will be able to attend and have a look up close and enjoy. For purchasing details, please contact Hashimoto Contemporary phone: 415.655.9265, email: sf@hashimotocontemporary.com.
Art Market San Francisco
Hashimoto Contemporary
April 21 - 24th, 2022
Fort Mason Center - Festival Pavilion
2 Marina Blvd.
San Francisco, CA 94123
A limited edition print of the painting “Oasis” releases Thursday February 17 at 10AM PST / 1PM EST. The run is limited to 100 and offered on a 1st come, 1st serve basis, no reserves. Don’t miss out!
804 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
October 2nd - 23rd, 2021
804 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Here Nor There
New Works By Kim Cogan
Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco
October 2021
For his latest collection of paintings at Hashimoto Contemporary in San Francisco, artist Kim Cogan
depicts a vision of the city that is both lived-through and longed-for.
With fluency and warmth, Cogan ruminates on his connection to the city and what it means to have a
sense of place during a time of isolation and distance. Substituting discovery with longing, Cogan is drawn to places long established and frequently visited, yet still somehow remaining out of reach. Vacant, boarded up storefronts, dismantled landmarks—these spaces beckon vividly even as they seem to shut us out.
Cogan’s process is fluid and spontaneous. Definition emerges over layers of broad brushstrokes. Colors blend and transform over time, illuminating images into view. He elects to idealize, with his expressive use of light and tone, places that hold special meaning, as in the painting “Edge of the World” vintage cars transport viewers to a nostalgic state of mind, as does hazy street corners and city skylines. While dream-like, Cogan’s work is also haunted by the urgency of reality. The painting “Fire in the Sky,” for example, traces the awe-inspiring spectacle of an orange sky to unseen and threatening wildfires.
Portraying the emotional relationship between time, place and memory is central to Cogan’s work. While isolation caused by the pandemic has problematized the artist’s connection to his city, it has also sharpened his creativity into something more vivid. As the geographer Yi-Fu Tuan wrote, “Here is a seeming paradox: thought creates distance and destroys the immediacy of direct experience, yet it is by thoughtful reflection that the elusive moments of the past draw near to us in present reality and gain a measure of permanence.”
For more information regarding purchasing artworks please contact Vanessa Indies, Gallery Director.
tel: 415.655.9265
email: sf@hashimotocontemporary.com
Here Nor There will be on view October 2nd - 23rd with an opening reception on Saturday, October 2nd from 11am - 6pm, no appointment necessary. Viewing appointments available for the duration of the exhibition here. In order to ensure the health and safety of visitors and staff, please note that proof of full vaccination and masks are required for entry.
Busy preparing a solo exhibition opening at Hashimoto Contemporary, October 2021.
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Hashimoto Contemporary is pleased to announce a new Los Angeles location, opening next week in the heart of Culver City. Our new 2500 sq. ft. flagship location will open on Friday September 10th with a grand opening group exhibition featuring a survey of two dozen artists past and present.
Opening Reception:
Friday, September 10th
12pm to 8pm (extended hours)
On view:
September 10th - October 2nd
Tuesday - Saturday, 10 - 6PM
Hashimoto Contemporary
2754 S La Cienega Blvd.
Culver City, CA
Back to old School
30" X 40"
oil on canvas
A Better Tomorrow
48" X 84"
oil on canvas
Seal Rock Inn With Fog
36 X 48 inches
oil on canvas
A few of my newest small artworks are available at Maxwell Alexander Gallery. To acquire, please contact Maxwell Alexander Gallery, tel: 213.275.1060 or email: info@MaxwellAlexanderGallery.com.
Maxwell Alexander Gallery
406 West Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90015
tel: 213.275.1060
email: info@MaxwellAlexanderGallery.com
www.maxwellalexandergallery.com
There is something about that alluring glow of neon light late at night which holds some sort of mystery. Maybe these days it takes on new meaning what it means to be still open for business.
To acquire, please contact Hashimoto Contemporay for more information.
Hashimoto Contemporary
804 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
El Camino
12” X 16”
oil on panel
A painting in progress capturing dusk.