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Preview: Naoto Hattori’s “REM” at Copro Gallery

For his upcoming solo show, "REM" at Santa Monica's Copro Gallery, Naoto Hattori (first featured in Hi-Fructose Vol. 7) created a series of paintings that could easily be mistaken for digital renderings with their deceptively 3D-looking precision. Hattori has long professed his interest in exploring dreams in his work, but for "REM," he doesn't attempt to take his viewers through a complete dream sequence, instead focusing on a single key detail or symbolic element in each piece. The results are earth-toned and hallucinatory, brimming with geometric details. Take a look at some of the works in the show after the jump and see "REM" July 27 through August 10.

For his upcoming solo show, “REM” at Santa Monica’s Copro Gallery, Naoto Hattori (first featured in Hi-Fructose Vol. 7) created a series of paintings that could easily be mistaken for digital renderings with their deceptively 3D-looking precision. Hattori has long professed his interest in exploring dreams in his work, but for “REM,” he doesn’t attempt to take his viewers through a complete dream sequence, instead focusing on a single key detail or symbolic element in each piece. The results are earth-toned and hallucinatory, brimming with geometric details. Take a look at some of the works in the show below and see “REM” July 27 through August 10.

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