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SEIZAN Gallery is pleased to present Bucket Boy & Inchworm, the solo exhibition of Japanese artist, Kaz Watabe. On view from May 5 through June 30, 2022, the show presents thirteen new oil paintings by Watabe. This is his first solo exhibition in the United States.

With muted color and meticulous brushwork, Kaz Watabe creates a tranquil, introspective world populated by whimsical characters. His paintings resemble scenes out of a modern fantasy animation: a boy with a tin bucket on his head sits on a contraption made of garbage and speaks to a pink monster (Where Are You From? [2022]). A …