In what is otherwise a dynamic exhibition of works of oil, with that proud display of scale in composition, Mr. Jin Meyerson’s Safe Space at Perrotin Los Angeles helps with the boldness of colliding forces that interact on the canvas and in the mind’s eye. The, if not kaleidescopic kinetics that utterly burst onto the scene, with a healthy not dangerous element of jagged that propels the subject into desiring more attention – not an aversion therefore – is the joy and wonder of such fractionated ideas.

‘PANTHER’ (2025). Jin Meyerson. Oil on canvas. 125 x 100cm or 49 3/16 x39 3/8 in. Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin Los Angeles. All Rights Reserved.

I am particularly fond of PANTHER (2025). Yes – I am biased to orange! But it is the use of this succulence which informs ourselves of tasteful positioning of vivid. An enticement, not an alarm. An extension but not a pronouncement, as it is choreographed with blues, that irresistible harmony; when juxtaposed in place, adding a healthy calming balance – not saturninity. 

Jin Meyerson
EVENT HORIZON, 2025
Oil on canvas
267 x 200 cm | 105 1/8 x 78 3/4 inches
Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin.

Indeed, the artist’s soul has been in a mercurial place – with the ordeal of losing a close loved one. That that energy pours itself out, with such dynamos – seen in yet another interstellar idea of his participation in affirming green with the titled EVENT HORIZON (2025) – captivates. It is not a vortex, a twisting nausea. A stomaching noxious impression of a sickening ride; it is a thrill, with a pace that isn’t unsettling nor disturbing to the viewer in being, well, sucked in.

I am fond of his other extraterrestrial sentiments: SATELLITE (2025), SPACE SHIP 1.2 (2025), &c…all with that difficulty in balancing frenzy. This is

SATELLITE (2025). Jin Meyerson
Oil on canvas.
150 x 120.5 cm | 59 1/16 x 47 7/16 inches.
Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin. All Rights Reserved.

what makes this fine art: an effort at mollifying what is otherwise a torrential flood of passion in the inner-life and mind of the artist during his turbulent personal ordeal.

HOW DEEP HOW FAR CAN WE GO by Aya Takano 

Further with this pleasant addition to Los Angeles Fine Arts, Perrotin’s next door salon, there is the quintessential idea of innocence captured by Ms. Ayo Takano – her girlyness is uncanny. That confidence to be so exuberant with pink-candyland figmentations; to be so inviting to extend that uniqueness of soul, so proudly! 

‘the spirit of all plants on earth’ (2025). Aya Takano. Oil on canvas.
112 x 145 x 3 cm | 44 1/8 x 57 1/16 x 1 3/16 inches. ©2025 AYA TAKANO/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy Perrotin.

‘from present to past, a journey to the center’ (2025). Aya Takano. Oil on canvas. Left : 112 x 125 x 3.5 cm | 44 1/8 x 49 3/16 x 1 3/8 inches
Right : 102 x 125 x 3.5 cm | 40 3/16 x 49 3/16 x 1 3/8 inches
Overall : 112 x 250 x 3.5 cm | 44 1/8 x 98 7/16 x 1 3/8 inches.
©2025 AYA TAKANO/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy Perrotin.

‘invitation to tranquility, the world of the center’ (2025). Aya Takano. Oil on canvas. 130 x 220 x 3.5 cm | 51 3/16 x 86 5/8 x 1 3/8 inches. ©2025 AYA TAKANO/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy Perrotin.

Yes, there are undoubtedly inspirations from anime cartoons – that inescapability of Japanese island illustrationcraft – but for the artist to make it her own…that is the challenge and joy to discover. Particularly with her framed yogi poses which I find adorable.

‘stimulate and open the fifth chakra, vishuddha’ (2025). Ayo Takano.
Pen and watercolor on paper. Courtesy of the artists and Perrotin. All Rights Reserved.

‘stimulate and open the sixth chakra, ājñā’ (2025). Aya Takano.
Pen and watercolor on paper. Unframed : 21 × 21 cm | 8 1/4 × 8 1/4 inches. Framed : 37 × 37 × 3.2 cm | 14 9/16 × 14 9/16 × 1 1/4 inches. Courtesy the artist and Perrotin. All Rights Reserved.

‘stimulate and open the third chakra, manipura’ (2025). Aya Takano.
Pen and watercolor on paper.
Unframed : 21 × 21 cm | 8 1/4 × 8 1/4 inches.
Framed : 37 × 37 × 3.2 cm | 14 9/16 × 14 9/16 × 1 1/4 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin. All rights reserved.

These are delightful to place in a studio. Perhaps with an adult woman who needs that friendly reminder of cheekiness? Not to lose the innocent touch as the world moves unto those Midas desires? Because of that powerful autonomy to extend, that free will spirit that moves a woman unto that childish negligence because as a girl she cannot? Why, it is a good thing to retain that innocence, to remind oneself of a harmony absent the frictional forces of civilized weights with forceful girths that beckon spas and salon days. Why not get ice cream?

For myself, this is the true beauty of such a spirit that Perrotin is presenting. That inescapable pink draw, such a delicate color, such a rarity in Nature it is, that is a constant stream in the grandness of that playful naïveté” which needs to be affirmed, in order to vanquish darkness. 

‘Les Demoiselles d’Avignon’ (1907). Pablo Picasso. Oil on canvas. 244 x 234 cm. Public Domain

A captain of light, Ms. Takano certainly is.

For more information, please contact the gallery:

Perrotin Los Angeles

5036 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles

tel : +1 (323) 433-4063

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