Review: Takako Yamaguchi turns white and gray paint into illusions of startling intensity www.latimes.com

The first visual sweep of the gallery walls at the Pico-Union gallery As Is leaves an impression of extreme restraint.
Takako Yamaguchi’s 17 oils on linen are all of the same modest size (18 by 24 inches) and hushed palette, a narrow spectrum of cool whites veering toward gray, and warm whites leaning brown.
But the whisper too is a rhetorical device, capable of carrying as much intensity and urgency as a shout — and a lot more virtuosity.
One of Takako Yamaguchi’s untitled paintings (all oil on linen, 18 by 24 inches) from 2017-19 on view at As Is.
One of Takako Yamaguchi’s untitled paintings (all oil on linen, 18 by 24 inches) from 2017-19 on view at As Is.