{"product_id":"akira-kurosaki-traces-in-the-dream","title":"Akira Kurosaki - 夢の軌跡 (Traces in the Dream)","description":"\u003ch6 data-end=\"363\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eModern | S\u003cspan\u003eōsaku Hanga\u003c\/span\u003e Woodblock Print\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fabulous print by Akira Kurosaki: 夢の軌跡 (Traces in the Dream). Pale streaks drift diagonally across three dark horizontal fields, breaking into smaller fragments as they pass through the image. At the centre, two tapered black forms meet around a narrow opening that reads almost like a tear, fissure or eye - a small rupture within the repeated surface. The title Traces in the Dream feels especially apt here: the white marks appear like fragments of movement or memory, passing through the image and disappearing again. A major large-scale work from Kurosaki’s 1982 Traces series, where repetition, absence and reduced colour became central to the composition. \u003c\/em\u003e◼️◻️\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"453\" data-start=\"367\"\u003eYear \u0026amp; Edition: 1982 · Ed. of 50 (20\/50) (signed \u0026amp; titled in pencil to plate).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"486\" data-start=\"456\"\u003eMedium: Woodblock. 8\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003e blocks, 4 colours. P\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003erinted on Echizen Torinoko paper.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"573\" data-start=\"489\"\u003eDimensions: Sheet approx H: 95.50 cm × W: 67.00 cm (Image H: 79.00 cm × W: 54.75 cm).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"698\" data-start=\"576\"\u003eCondition: Image clean, crisp, \u0026amp; unblemished. Light surface handling to margin.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"845\" data-start=\"701\"\u003eNotes: Traces in the Dream belongs to Kurosaki’s important Traces series of 1981-82. \u003cem\u003eRaisonné No. 320, (W304). 黒崎彰の全仕事 (The Complete Works of Akira Kurosaki: Catalogue Raisonné 1965-2006).\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eAbout the Artist\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAkira Kurosaki (1937-2019) was a pioneering mokuhanga artist who fused traditional Japanese woodblock techniques with bold abstraction and surreal landscapes, rendered in his signature deep reds, purples and blacks. A graduate of the Kyoto Institute of Technology and devoted to the sōsaku hanga ethos - overseeing every stage of production himself - he earned the Florence Biennale Gold Prize and Japan’s Order of the Sacred Treasure. From 1987 he taught and led the Printmaking Department at Kyoto Seika University, mentoring a generation of printmakers; his work is held by the British Museum, MoMA and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. \u003ca title=\"黒崎彰 Akira Kurosaki (1937-2019)\" href=\"https:\/\/xm7kjz-qq.myshopify.com\/collections\/akira-kurosaki\"\u003e[ ← View All Works by Akira Kurosaki]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kumo Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58712475566424,"sku":null,"price":580.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/6745\/8648\/files\/AkiraKurosaki-TracesintheDreamThmb.jpg?v=1793823049","url":"https:\/\/www.kumoarts.com\/products\/akira-kurosaki-traces-in-the-dream","provider":"Kumo Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}