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Fern-gm-1 (BAT)

2015

Seiko Tachibana

(Japanese, 1946-)
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Culture
Japan
Medium
intaglio
Measurements
Platemark: 20.2 x 35.2 cm (7 15/16 x 13 7/8 in.); Sheet: 49.7 x 66.2 cm (19 9/16 x 26 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 2022.429.2
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
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When making this print, the artist Seiko Tachibana was inspired by the repeating reproductive patterns of ferns.

Description

Tachibana’s work combines Asian tradition with a modernist aesthetic through the exploration of shape, color, and spatial relationships. One of her primary explorations is that of fractals, or repeated patterns, an interest that brought her to a series of works on the self-replicating patterns of ferns. Here, she reduces the language of the fern to the simplicity of a circle, creating patterns that increase and decrease, from miniscule circular voids to commanding dark spheres, opaque to transparent.
A horizontally oriented intaglio print depicts a central, dark-brown burst of overlapping circles radiating into delicate teal and gray webbed fronds. Fine vertical lines dangle from the main form, ending in small, dark pendants. Muted teal and gray dots scatter across the rectangular composition, centered within a wide, white paper. A faint signature appears near the bottom right of the printed area.

Fern-gm-1 (BAT)

2015

Seiko Tachibana

(Japanese, 1946-)
Japan

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