Maki Haku创作的日本版画《Poem 69-17》

艺术家：Maki Haku

标题：Poem 69-17

日期：1969

描述：

The seal-script character featured and playfully abstracted by Maki in this print means “grandchild” (mago ?). Its repetition in six lively variations suggests many “grandchildren.” The surface of this print has a unique luster and velvety quality. Once the paper had been embossed and its layers laminated, Maki applied black poster color with a brush to the entire surface with the exception of the margins. He then laid a stencil over the edges and select parts of the blackened print, and used a baren (pressing pad with bamboo sheathing) to roll on a film of cobalt blue oil paint (diluted with turpentine), onto the exposed, raised parts of the embossed paper. Like his inspirational teacher, the artist-poet Onchi Koshiro (1891-1955), Maki often used the word “poem” in his titles. The hand-applied “color splashes,” red in the shape of a moon and yellow in the shape of a tear, also help suggest a poetic dimension.

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