Masao Okabe | the artist

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The artist Masao Okabe
Born 1942, Hokkaido, Japan.
Style and technique of the artist: Installation art, Printmakers,

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Masao Okabe
THE DARK FACE OF THE LIGHT

Masao Okabe
Studio floor, Montparnasse

Masao Okabe
The artist at work

Masao Okabe
Okabe has been depicting towns and architecture by frottage, a technique of capturing material images by laying sheets of paper on the material and then rubbing over it with a soft pencil. His works are often described as “rubbing of history…