Mitsuru Watanabe Displays Works in U.S. For First Time at Rehs Contemporary Galleries

Rehs Contemporary Galleries is presenting new work by Japanese artist Mitsuru Watanabe. On view for the first time in the United States, Watanabe's surrealist works blend iconic Western paintings -- especially those of Henri Rousseau -- with his own imagination.Watanabe's work goes beyond reworking well-known paintings; he features his own daughters, Naoko and Yukiko, along with contemporary references. His daughters' stoic expressions contrast with the surreal or mythological environments they ...