Geometric shapes shimmer as they float against a deep blackness. Komai has said of this work that “I made a visual representation in a copper plate of those brief moments when a feeling of liberation sweeps through you.” The work’s title comes from a piece of music by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. In this work, rather than make visible sketches of the external world, Komai gives concrete form to the invisible scenery and sensations that exist only in the human mind. The work opened up a new vista of expressive possibilities for modern Japanese copperplate prints. It also won Komai an award at the 1st São Paulo Biennale (1951), the first such recognition afforded to a Japanese artist at an international exhibition.
(KATADA Yuko)
Geometric shapes shimmer as they float against a deep blackness. Komai has said of this work that “I made a visual representation in a copper plate of those brief moments when a feeling of liberation sweeps through you.” The work’s title comes from a piece of music by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. In this work, rather than make visible sketches of the external world, Komai gives concrete form to the invisible scenery and sensations that exist only in the human mind. The work opened up a new vista of expressive possibilities for modern Japanese copperplate prints. It also won Komai an award at the 1st São Paulo Biennale (1951), the first such recognition afforded to a Japanese artist at an international exhibition.
(KATADA Yuko)