Raymond Yosuico

From Agora Gallery, NYC
"Raymond Yosuico’s abstract
Expressionist paintings are intensely
sensual. Many of his works evoke those
from Kandinsky’s Blue Rider period,
though Yosuico’s use of both sharp and
diffuse borders between neighboring
color planes builds on that style’s
conventions. Letting certain colors
expand throughout the canvas while
confining others to their margins,
Yosuico teases our desire to read
figures and backgrounds into his
abstract works.

"This technique also allows him to build
on the emotive qualities of his colors. In
canvases dominated by a relaxing blue
or a frenetic yellow, the shape and
repetition of color planes can convey,
alternatively, movement or static,
rhythm or silence. Through this dynamic
interaction between his colors and
shapes, Yosuico’s canvases take on a
musical dimension that he manipulates
effectively from one canvas to the
next. Thus, certain works suggest a
calm and melodic soundscape, while
others are frantically musical. In every
case, however, Yosuico’s sense of
composition maintains a sense of
harmony within each work."