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Noritaka Tatehana
Primary Colors, 2022
Structural color pigment, polyethylene terephthalate film, resin, acrylic on panel
The color plane of Tatehana’s “Primary Colors” is composed of a layer of resin sheet that has been coated with structural color ink and acrylic paint. The motif expressed on the surface of the work is a composite image based on various photographs of clouds taken by Tatehana, tying in the idea of multiple perspectives residing in a single work, a continued theme in the artist’s portfolio.
The color plane of Tatehana’s “Primary Colors” is composed of a layer of resin sheet that has been coated with structural color ink and acrylic paint. The motif expressed on the surface of the work is a composite image based on various photographs of clouds taken by Tatehana, tying in the idea of multiple perspectives residing in a single work, a continued theme in the artist’s portfolio.
The clouds perform as a framing device, isolating the various daily scenes that meet the viewer’s eye on a single surface, much like the clouds in “Rakuchu Rakugai Zu” (“Scenes in and Around the Capital”), a set of traditional Japanese screen paintings that is now a national treasure. One could say that the clouds symbolize the Japanese embrace of dichotomies such as heaven and earth, and life and death.