The Complacent Cubicle Monologues: Ryuichi Ogino

Ogi in the house setting up the installation for his latest art show

Fuck, I really, really, really, want to buy a new piece from this dude. Ryuichi Ogino or as I call him Ogi is a dope ass Asian-Asian artist. As in he was born in Japan. I call him Ogi not because of our storied past of love and turmoil (that's why I call him cheating bastard) but because when I first heard of him that is the name he was going by. It was a childhood nickname that he just stuck with. A little while back he decided to get all grown up and start using his real name. I did the same thing a couple of years back, because after awhile you just can't have people address you as Sissy Bedwetter the Lord of Stink. It's not professional and I tried to tell my Boss to stop but they all just surrounded me and started chanting "Sissy Bedwetter!!" Which just isn't a very good chant because it's too long and it doesn't flow very well, but yeah try telling them that and they just roll their eyes.

Here is a profile of Ogi taken from his website http://www.ogigraphics.com/

"Ryuichi Ogino (OGI)
Born and raised in Tokyo, Ogi relocated to the Bay Area and received a BFA in Illustration from the California College of Arts & Crafts (CCAC) in 2004 only to realize that his passion is not in illustrating.

His works are diverse and incorporate a variety of mediums (from handmade paper-clay toy figures, acrylic paints, wood, lined paper, and canvas, to digital renderings). To pin down his style would be to minimize its scope as it merges genres.

Now back in Japan, he exhibits internationally, moving between Tokyo and the West Coast. He has more recently shown his works at Project, Rean, Giant Robot, Receiver Gallery, Compound, White Walls, and Park Life."

Here is the piece that I want

This piece looks super classy to me. It looks like it would fit into a clean well designed modern house. The streamlined futuristic kind of spot, you know the one level, all wood floor, lots of glass type houses I am talking about? Just super stylish and sleek. This shit looks grown up to me. I think Ogi nailed it on this piece. A lot of the time an Ogi piece has one aspect that I don't like as much, maybe wished it was cleaner there, don't like that part, that sort of thing, on this piece, I like every aspect. I like the black panel, the clean lines of bright colors extending out. The signature Ogi girl, the cleaner skull compared to some of his other work, and even the small details are pulled off perfectly. It is currently still available for purchase as part of the "Blender" group show in L.A. at the Cerasoli-Lebasse gallery. The preview work can be seen here http://www.cerasoli-lebasse.com/current/ryuichi_ogino.html Check out there pictures because they are larger and you can see the small details that are just masterfully done. The small drips of paint, the clouds, the work that he did behind the skull. I am in love with this piece. Everything goes together so well and it just exudes class and modernity to me. Good job Ogi.

Ogi also does these sculpts so here are some examples of those.
These are two I have

Here are some that are free standing which I do not have

Pretty awesome though

and here is some more of his work

I am just a big fan of his aesthetic. It could be the Japanese in me but I like his girls, his robots, his colors. The way that he composes his pieces with the separate elements creating a whole. I like the spareness of the canvas, the images popping out and becoming the focus. I just think it has a strong sense of design and it just looks clean and appeals to me.

The rest of my Ogi pieces