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Kaz Oshiro — Tailgate (YO TO YO)
Kaz Oshiro

Tailgate (YO TO YO)

A meticulously crafted trompe l'oeil work, Kaz Oshiro's *Tailgate (YO TO YO)* transforms acrylic paint and Bondo body filler into a strikingly convincing recreation of a truck's tailgate across three panels. Oshiro's signature technique blurs the boundary between painting and sculpture, replicating the dents, industrial surfaces, and utilitarian details of an everyday object with uncanny precision. The work elevates a mundane piece of automotive hardware into a meditation on consumer culture, craft, and the nature of representation.

Medium
acrylic and bondo on canvas laid on board, in 3 parts

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

February 10, 2016

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Kaz Oshiro, Tailgate (YO TO YO)

A meticulously crafted trompe l'oeil work, Kaz Oshiro's *Tailgate (YO TO YO)* transforms acrylic paint and Bondo body filler into a strikingly convincing recreation of a truck's tailgate across three panels. Oshiro's signature technique blurs the boundary between painting and sculpture, replicating the dents, industrial surfaces, and utilitarian details of an everyday object with uncanny precision. The work elevates a mundane piece of automotive hardware into a meditation on consumer culture, craft, and the nature of representation.

Medium
acrylic and bondo on canvas laid on board, in 3 parts
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Cool Toned, Male Artist, Triptych Format, Mixed Media, Sculptural Painting, Contemporary Artist, American Artist, Acrylic And Bondo, 21st Century, Industrial Aesthetic, Trompe-l'oeil, Neutral Tones, Three-Dimensional, Sculpture Painting Hybrid, Automotive Subject, Hyperrealism

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