LONDON.- October Gallery presents New Works by Kenji Yoshida. His forms and colours inevitably recall nature抯 landscapes and his black, a synthesis of every colour, invites us to stand before it in serene self-contemplation. In 1993, the quality of Yoshida抯 work was recognised when he was honoured to be the first living artist ever to be given a solo exhibition at the Japanese Galleries of the British Museum. During the Festival of Canterbury, 2004, his magnificent octagonal installation,Sei-mei, could be seen in Canterbury Cathedral. In 2006 the Chateau de Blois, in the Loire Valley held a major solo exhibition.

Whilst at first sight these works might appear as quite modern abstractions, examined more closely they reveal themselves to be a continuing series of attempts to depict, in two dimensions, the complex interplay of ever-shifting forces, the evolving result of which we recognise to be the irrepressible force of 搇ife.�

Yoshida抯 marvellous canvases can be construed as momentary apperceptions of reality, unique intuitions made manifest by the power of the artist抯 vision, glimpses that allow his audience access to the serene beauty of an otherwise invisible series of linked progressions.

Again, another way to read the still unfolding series of Yoshida抯 whirling vortices of colour, is as subtle evocations of the repeating iterations of Yin and Yang held balanced in time and space and rendered momentarily visible.

October Gallery is a registered charity, which since 1979 has exhibited and promoted the art of the Transvangarde � the transcultural avant-garde. As well as exhibitions by individual artists, the Gallery also mounts group exhibitions that concentrate on the art produced in one particular area or culturally continuous region.