


Follow the Pink Light
2023
Greg Ito's "Follow the Pink Light" (2023) invites viewers into the warmly compressed interior worlds that have defined the Los Angeles-based painter's practice. Working in acrylic on canvas, Ito constructs intimate domestic scenes suffused with soft, emotional color, where light functions less as a physical phenomenon than as a psychological one. The glowing pink of the title reads as both a literal directive and a quietly tender metaphor, characteristic of Ito's ability to charge everyday spaces with a sense of longing, comfort, and quiet introspection. At 35.6 by 27.9 centimeters, the work operates on an intimate scale, drawing the viewer close and rewarding sustained attention with layers of feeling embedded in seemingly simple, familiar imagery. Ito, born in Los Angeles in 1987 and a graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute, has established a significant presence in both national and international exhibition contexts, with solo and group shows at institutions including Jeffrey Deitch and Lyles and King in New York, Maki Gallery in Tokyo, and SPURS Gallery in Beijing. His work is held in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, and the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, affirming the institutional confidence that has followed his career. Offered through the Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) Benefit Auction, this signed, unframed work represents an accessible entry point into a body of work that continues to grow in critical and market stature.
- Medium
- Acrylic on Canvas
- Overall
- Signed
- Yes
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