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Fern-gm-1 (color proof 3)

2015
(Japanese, 1946-)
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.)
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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 print in black ink features an intricate starburst-like form within a rectangular border. Small, interconnected circles cluster into a dense center and branch into irregular limbs. Fine vertical lines descend from the limbs, each ending in a tiny, dark, bulbous form. A misting of ink specks peppers the light background, while the central form radiates across the composition on a larger, neutral sheet.

Fern-gm-1 (color proof 3)

2015

Seiko Tachibana

(Japanese, 1946-)
Japan

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