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There is no end to Matsumi (Mike) Kanemitsu’s inventiveness. A survey spanning 15 years of his extraordinary lithographs reveals him in many moods but always in control of his active, Sumi-like line. From the colorful expressions of "Oxnard Madam" and “Society Holiday,” Kanemitsu has lately explored monochromatic nuances either in a vibrant fashion as in "Zen Blue" or in the frosty nocturnal prints like "Za Zen," "Summer Storm" and "Ghost Town Night, New Mexico." There is raucous parody of Japanese pornographic prints in "Memories of My Visit" and more virtuosity in his 1970 black and white "Mickey Mouse Suite." Kanemitsu is one of the best artists living among us, It is high time one of the area’s